The ID-Card DiaClon Rh-Subgroups + Cw + K is designed for detection of the presence or absence of the C (RH2), Cw (RH8), c (RH4), E (RH3), e (RH5) and K (KEL1) antigens on human red blood cells, for manual use as well as on instruments.
For control see ID-Card Control Card A (Id-n°: 52020).
Besides the RhD antigen, other important antigens of Rh system are: C, E, c and e. According to Reid, M.E., their frequencies in the Caucasian population are as follows:
C: 68% / c: 80% / E: 29% / e: 98% / D: 85%
Approximately 9% of the Caucasian population are K positive. The K antigen is strongly immunogenic. Anti-K has been reported as the cause of hemolytic transfusion reactions, both immediate and delayed, and hemolytic disease of the newborn.
ID-Card (Id-n°: 52000):
•Configuration: C, Cw, c, E, e, K
•Cell lines: C: MS-273, P3x25513G8 / Cw: MS-110 / c: 951 / E: MS-80, MS-258 / e: MS-62, P3GD512 / K: AEK4