Clinical significance of antibodies to antigens in the Raph, John Milton Hagen, I, Globoside, Gill, Rh-associated glycoprotein, FORS, JR, LAN, Vel, CD59, and Augustine blood group systems.

This article reviews information on the clinical significance of antibodies to antigens in the Raph, John Milton Hagen, I, Globoside, Gill, Rh-associated glycoprotein, FORS, JR, LAN, Vel, CD59, and Augustine blood group systems. Antibodies to many of the antigens in these groups are rarely encountered because of the high prevalence of the associated antigens in most populations. For many of these antibodies, the clinical significance-that is, the potential to cause reduced survival of transfused antigen-positive red blood cells or a transfusion reaction (e.g., anti-P, anti-Jra, and anti-Lan), and/or hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (e.g., anti-RHAG4 and anti-Vel)-has been documented. For other antibodies, their prevalence is so rare that information on the clinical significance of their antibodies is not available (e.g., anti-FORS1).