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definition
The Lutheran inhibitor blood group phenotype (In(Lu)) is characterized phenotypically by the apparent absence of the Lu antigen (BCAM) on red blood cells during serologic tests, i.e., Lu(a-b-). Phenotype results from a mutation in the transcription factor KLF1 that regulates expression of the BCAM gene.
has exact synonym
dominant Lu(a-b-) phenotype, In(Lu)
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Hannah McLaren