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WHILE our first communication describing the Ken antigen was in the press1, R. R. Race informed us of the discovery by Andresen of irregular agglutinins anti-L1 and anti-L2 2,3, the latter giving reactions very similar to our anti-Ken serum. Andresen recognized that the L1 character was, in fact, the 'Lewis' blood-group described by Mourant4.
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Hubinont, P. O., Nature, 162, 457 (1948).
Andresen, P. H., Acta Path., 24, 616 (1947).
Andresen, P. H., Acta Path. (in the press).
Mourant, A. E., Nature, 158, 237 (1946).
Hubinont, P. O., [Nature. 163, 218 (1949)].
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HUBINONT, P. 'Lewis' Blood-Group System. Nature 163, 254–255 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163254b0
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