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Hæmolytic Disease of the New-born caused by the Antibody St

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RECENTLY hæmolytic disease of the new-born was described1 where the Rh+ mother had in her serum an antibody since designated St2 or γ3. From the observations of Race, Taylor and their collaborators4,5,6 the reactions of the known allelomorphs of the Rh gene with St serum may be summarized thus:

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MCCALL, A., HOLDSWORTH, S. Hæmolytic Disease of the New-born caused by the Antibody St. Nature 155, 788–789 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155788b0

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