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'Lewis' Blood-Group System

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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. 'Lewis' Blood-Group System. Nature 163, 254–255 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163254b0

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