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THE Rh-negative rate for Indians in our first series of 200 cases in Calcutta was 10 per cent1. In a second series it fell to 7.85 per cent2. Wiener's3 rate in a series of 200 cases is 7.1 per cent. This rate contains all types of Rh, including 2.6 per cent Rh', which would be missed by animal/(anti)serum. By the use of the latter serum alone, therefore, the rate would be 9.7 per cent, which is not materially different from our first rate.
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GREVAL, S., CHOWDHURY, A. Rh-negative Rate for Indians. Nature 157, 411 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157411b0
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