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DURING the course of an inquiry into the incidence of hæmolytic anæmias in Bombay, it became evident that although a mild form of jaundice was common in the new-born, erythroblastosis fœtalis was not encountered in any of the 3,000 consecutive labour cases admitted to the Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital during the last six months. We were therefore interested in studying the distribution of the Rh factor in Indians. Bloods from 100 Indians were tested against known human anti-Rh sera (technique Taylor1). The results are tabulated below:
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Taylor, G. L., Proc. Soc. Med., 36, 225 (1943).
Greval, S. D. S., and Roy Chowdhary, A. B., J. Ind. Med. Assoc., 13, 65 (1943).
Das Gupta, C. R., Ind. Med. Gaz., 37, 372 (1944).
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KHANOLKAR, V., SANGHVI, L. Distribution of the RhFactor in Indians. Nature 155, 427–428 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155427c0
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