Acid-Base Disorders: Metabolic Causes
Q: In the context of acid-base balance, what does the term 'alkalosis' refer to?
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This statement is false. The Sid blood group system is not associated with B3GALNT1. You may be confusing it with the **Sdᵃ antigen**, which is part of the **SD blood group system** (not formally recognized by ISBT as a system, but as a collection). The Sdᵃ antigen is carried on glycoproteins, including the B3GALNT1 enzyme product. The Sid (Sd) antigen is a high-frequency antigen, and anti-Sdᵃ is a relatively common naturally occurring antibody that usually causes weak agglutination and is not clinically significant. The statement as written is inaccurate; the protein carrying the Sid antigen is not definitively B3GALNT1 in the context of a named blood group system.
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