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THE blood group antigen Mia was discovered by Levine, Stock, Kuhmichel and Bronikovsky1 in 1951. Anti-Mia, the antibody necessary for the identification of the antigen, was made by a mother in response to immunization by her Mi(a +) fœtus which, as a result, had severe hæmolytic disease. The antigen was shown to be inherited as a dominant character. The antigen was evidently rare, for no example was found in testing 425 random people.
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WALLACE, J., MILNE, G., MOHN, J. et al. Blood Group Antigens Mia and Vw and their Relation to the MNSs System. Nature 179, 478 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179478a0
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