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Rh-Hr BLOOD TYPES—PRESENT STATUS FREE

Alexander S. Wiener, M.D.; Lester J. Unger, M.D.; Milton S. Sacks, M.D.
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Brooklyn, N. Y.; New York City; Baltimore


JAMA. 1960;172(11):1158-1162. doi:10.1001/jama.1960.63020110006010
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Recently a third report on the subject of medicolegal applications of blood-grouping tests was published by the Committee on Medicolegal Problems.1 This report reviewed the available information about the human blood groups and their heredity, from the point of view of their applications in medicolegal problems of disputed parentage. It also summarized the facts concerning the fundamental problem of Rh-Hr nomenclature and on the basis of the available evidence recommended that "unless and until some other convention can be agreed upon, the original Rh-Hr notations be kept as the standard and sole nomenclature for preparing approved medicolegal reports on Rh-Hr types." Soon after this report and recommendation appeared, a protest was published by 33 well-known workers in the field of blood-grouping,2 but their protest offered no evidence in support of their position nor did it attempt to refute the evidence on which the American Medical Association report was

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Wiener, A. S.; Owen, R. D.; Stormont, C.; and Wexler, I. B.:  Medicolegal Applications of Blood-Grouping Tests; Committee on Medicolegal Problems , J. A. M. A. 161:233-239 ( (May 19) ) 1956;
Wiener Medicolegal Applications of Blood-Grouping Tests; Committee on Medicolegal Problems J. A. M. A. , 164:2036-2044 ( (Aug. 31) ) 1957;.
Allen, F. H., and others:  Blood Group Nomenclature , Letters to the Editor, Science 127:1255 ( (May 23) ) 1958;.
 Committee on Medicolegal Problems, American Medical Association , Letters to the Editor, Science 127:1255 ( (May 23) ) 1958;.
Wiener, A. S.:  Blood-Group Nomenclature Letters to the Editor , Science 128:849-852 ( (Oct. 10) ) 1958;.
Wiener, A. S.; Geiger, J.; and Gordon, E. B.:  Mosaic Nature of Rho Factor of Human Blood , Exper. Med. & Surg. 15:75-82, 1957;.
Rosenfield, R. E.; Haber, G.; and Gibbel, N.:  New Rh Variant , in Proceedings of Sixth Congress of International Society of Blood Transfusion , Basel, S. Karger AG., 1958;, pp. 90-95.
Unger, L. J.; Wiener, A. S.; and Weiner, L.:  New Antibody (Anti-RhB) Resulting from Blood Transfusion in Rh-Positive Patient , J. A. M. A. 170:1380-1383 ( (July 18) ) 1959;.
Unger, L. J., and Wiener, A. S.:  New Antibody, Anti-RhC, Resulting from Isosensitization by Pregnancy, with Special Reference to Heredity of New Rh-Hr Agglutinogen Rh2c , J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 54:835-842 ( (Dec.) ) 1959;.
Sacks, M. S., and others:  Isosensitization to New Blood Factor RhD, with Special Reference to Its Clinical Importance , Ann. Int. Med. 51:740-747 ( (Oct.) ) 1959;.
Unger, L. J.; Wiener, A. S.; and Katz, L.:  Studies on Blood Factors RhA, RhB, and RhC , J. Exper. Med. 110:495-510 ( (Oct. 1) ) 1959;.
Rosenfield, R. E., and Haber, G. V.:  Rh Blood Factor rh1 (Ce), and Its Relationship to hr (ce) , Am. J. Human Genet. 10:474-480 ( (Dec.) ) 1958;.

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Wiener, A. S.; Owen, R. D.; Stormont, C.; and Wexler, I. B.:  Medicolegal Applications of Blood-Grouping Tests; Committee on Medicolegal Problems , J. A. M. A. 161:233-239 ( (May 19) ) 1956;
Wiener Medicolegal Applications of Blood-Grouping Tests; Committee on Medicolegal Problems J. A. M. A. , 164:2036-2044 ( (Aug. 31) ) 1957;.
Allen, F. H., and others:  Blood Group Nomenclature , Letters to the Editor, Science 127:1255 ( (May 23) ) 1958;.
 Committee on Medicolegal Problems, American Medical Association , Letters to the Editor, Science 127:1255 ( (May 23) ) 1958;.
Wiener, A. S.:  Blood-Group Nomenclature Letters to the Editor , Science 128:849-852 ( (Oct. 10) ) 1958;.
Wiener, A. S.; Geiger, J.; and Gordon, E. B.:  Mosaic Nature of Rho Factor of Human Blood , Exper. Med. & Surg. 15:75-82, 1957;.
Rosenfield, R. E.; Haber, G.; and Gibbel, N.:  New Rh Variant , in Proceedings of Sixth Congress of International Society of Blood Transfusion , Basel, S. Karger AG., 1958;, pp. 90-95.
Unger, L. J.; Wiener, A. S.; and Weiner, L.:  New Antibody (Anti-RhB) Resulting from Blood Transfusion in Rh-Positive Patient , J. A. M. A. 170:1380-1383 ( (July 18) ) 1959;.
Unger, L. J., and Wiener, A. S.:  New Antibody, Anti-RhC, Resulting from Isosensitization by Pregnancy, with Special Reference to Heredity of New Rh-Hr Agglutinogen Rh2c , J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 54:835-842 ( (Dec.) ) 1959;.
Sacks, M. S., and others:  Isosensitization to New Blood Factor RhD, with Special Reference to Its Clinical Importance , Ann. Int. Med. 51:740-747 ( (Oct.) ) 1959;.
Unger, L. J.; Wiener, A. S.; and Katz, L.:  Studies on Blood Factors RhA, RhB, and RhC , J. Exper. Med. 110:495-510 ( (Oct. 1) ) 1959;.
Rosenfield, R. E., and Haber, G. V.:  Rh Blood Factor rh1 (Ce), and Its Relationship to hr (ce) , Am. J. Human Genet. 10:474-480 ( (Dec.) ) 1958;.
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