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IN a case of erythroblastosis fœtalis the mother was found to belong to the rare Rh phenotype which includes the genotype R' R". Rh-typing of her family makes it clear that the genotype is, in fact, CdE/cde or Ryr (or, in the latest nomenclature of Dr. Wiener, ryr). The combination CdE has never previously been clearly demonstrated1–5. The claim of Stancu, Clark and Snyder6 to have discovered CdE seems insufficiently documented for so important a claim.
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VAN DEN BOSCH, C. The Very Rare Rh Genotype Ryr (CdE/cde) in a Case of Erythroblastosis fœtalis. Nature 162, 781 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162781a0
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