Duffy null genotype or Fy(a-b-) phenotype are more accurate than self-declared race for diagnosing benign ethnic neutropenia in Brazilian population

Int J Lab Hematol. 2017 Dec;39(6):e144-e146. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.12712. Epub 2017 Jul 10.

Authors

C L Dinardo¹, M N Kerbauy², T C Santos², W M Lima², M R Dezan¹, V B Oliveira¹, A Mendrone-Júnior¹, V Rocha^{1

2}, E D R P Velloso²

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Hematology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 28691206
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12712

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Brazil / ethnology
Duffy Blood-Group System / genetics*
Female
Genotype*
Humans
Male
Neutropenia / ethnology*
Neutropenia / genetics*
Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics*

Substances

ACKR1 protein, human
Duffy Blood-Group System
Receptors, Cell Surface