"Kell Blood-Group System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Multiple erythrocytic antigens that comprise at least three pairs of alternates and amorphs, determined by one complex gene or possibly several genes at closely linked loci. The system is important in transfusion reactions. Its expression involves the X-chromosome.
| Descriptor ID |
D007626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.301.290.533 D23.050.705.230.533
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| Concept/Terms |
Kell Blood-Group System- Kell Blood-Group System
- Blood-Group System, Kell
- Kell Blood Group System
- System, Kell Blood-Group
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Suggestive evidence of genetic linkage between alcoholism and the MNS blood group. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1988 Dec; 12(6):811-4.