Lw antigen - Eldabry antigen

Japanese: Lw 抗原 - えるだぶりゅこうげん
Lw antigen - Eldabry antigen

...This antibody was determined to be the same as Landsteiner's anti-Rh, and the Rh factor began to attract attention in clinical medicine as a possible cause of transfusion side effects and fetal disorders. However, it was later discovered that the Rh factors corresponding to human Rh antibodies and those in the serum of monkey-immunized rabbits are different, although they have similar specificities, and the Rh factor shared with monkeys came to be called the LW antigen. In the 1940s and 1950s, there was a groundbreaking advance in antibody testing methods, and new blood types were discovered one after another, but many of these were discovered by chance, such as during blood transfusions or tests for pregnancy. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Lw antigen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この抗体はラントシュタイナーらの抗Rhと同じであると判定され,Rh因子が輸血の副作用や胎児障害の原因になりうるものとして臨床医学上注目されるようになった。ただし,ヒトのRh抗体とサル免疫ウサギ血清中のRh抗体とに対応するRh因子は,特異性が似てはいるが異なるものであることが後に明らかとなり,サルと共通のRh因子はLW抗原と呼ばれるようになった。1940‐50年代にかけて,抗体の検査法が画期的な進歩を遂げ,それにともなって新しい血液型が続々と発見されたが,輸血や妊娠に際しての検査など偶然の機会にみつかったものが多い。…

※「Lw 抗原」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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