AM25-ST-24-L - Oral Abstract Session - Novel RHCE Variants

Program Chair(s)

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  Janis Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB

  Manager, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory
  American Red Cross-Michigan Region
  Detroit, Michigan
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  Nalan Yurtsever, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
  Yale University School of Medicine
  Fairfield, Connecticut

Presentations:

• 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT

  Investigation of Phenotype/genotype Discrepancies Identified Novel RHCE*cE(1040C) and KEL*K(1712C) Alleles Emphasizing Need for Two Methods for Determining Donor Antigen Status
  

  Presenting Author: Kathleen Bensing, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT

  Investigation Prompted by Antibodies to High-Incidence Rh Antigens Reveals RH Haplotypes Consisting of Three Variant Alleles, With Two RHD and One RHCE Across Three Generations in a Congolese Family
  

  Presenting Author: Gina Folk, MSHS, MLS(ASCP), SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Community Blood Center of KC
• 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT

  Novel RHCE*ce(510C) Allele Reactive with Some Anti-D Reagents Shows Importance of Careful Selection of Reagents Used for Routine Prenatal and Pretransfusion RhD Typing
  

  Presenting Author: Kathleen Bensing, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT

  Three Unique RHCE Variants Causing Negative Phenotypes
  

  Presenting Author: June Fuertes, MS, MLS(ASCP) (he/him/his) – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory