Please explain this condition in laymans terms that we can understand. My daughter was diagnosed with this today. She's 5 months pregnant with twins. Thank you very much!
2007-03-01 10:53:07 · 1 answers · asked by susans1949 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The Duffy antigen is a pair of proteins which appears on the outside of red blood cells.
A person who has "Duffy negative" blood (no Duffy antigen naturally present) may be allergic, perhaps seriously allergic, to a blood transfusion which is "Duffy positive" (has this pair of proteins). Nearly all Caucasians are Duffy-positive, and a majority of those of African descent are Duffy-negative.[1] Since most Duffy-negative people are of African origin, this is one reason why encouraging blood donations from people of African origins is critically important to the health of other people of the same race.
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2007-03-05 06:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Dorothy and Toto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋