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RECENTLY, Coombs, Bedford and Rouillard1 reported that the A and B blood-group antigens are present on human epidermal cells. A series of skin samples has now been examined for blood-group antigens other than A and B by the method of mixed erythrocyte-epidermal cell agglutination described by these authors.
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ASHHURST, D., BEDFORD, D., COOMBS, R. et al. Blood-Group Antigens on Human Epidermal Cells. Nature 178, 1170–1171 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781170b0
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