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MeSH Heading: Blood Group Antigens
Tree Number(s): D23.050.301.290; D23.050.705.230
Unique ID: D001789
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001789
Annotation: human or animal; blood group of animal: coordinate animal /‌blood (not /‌immunol) + BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; blood group in a disease: coord BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS or specific blood group + disease /‌blood, not /‌immunol nor /‌genet
Scope Note: Sets of cell surface antigens located on BLOOD CELLS. They are usually membrane GLYCOPROTEINS or GLYCOLIPIDS that are antigenically distinguished by their carbohydrate moieties.
Entry Term(s): Blood Group; Blood Group Antigen; Blood Groups
See Also: Coombs Test; Isoantibodies
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Blood Group Antigens MeSH Descriptor Data 2025