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Landsteiner and Wiener1 described a new antigenic factor, Rh, present in 85 per cent of human erythrocytes. This factor they detected by means of agglutination reactions with a suitably absorbed serum obtained by immunizing rabbits and later guinea pigs with Macacus rhesus cells.
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Landsteiner, K., and Wiener, A. S., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. and Med., 43, 223 (1940).
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STRATTON, F. Demonstration of the Rh-Factor in the Blood of a 48-mm. Embryo. Nature 152, 449 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152449a0
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