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Biological Factors > Antigens > Isoantigens > Blood Group Antigens > MNSs Blood-Group System
Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Blood Group Antigens > MNSs Blood-Group System

Preferred term

MNSs Blood-Group System  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • IM; coord with disease /blood (IM), not /immunol nor /genet; TN 230

Scope note

  • A system of universal human blood group isoantigens with many associated subgroups. The M and N traits are codominant and the S and s traits are probably very closely linked alleles, including the U antigen. This system is most frequently used in paternity studies.

History note

  • 76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008951

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