Blood, 1960, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 681-682.
© 1960 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Good Factor as a Possible Cause of Hemolytic
Disease of the Newborn
ABRAHAM M. FRUMIN 1,
MARY MCKEE PORTER 1, and
MARY F. EICHMAN 1
1 Departments of Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Woman’s Medical College
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
A new human blood factor is described for which the name Good is proposed. The Good factor has not been found in 1703 blood specimens thus far
tested, whereas the antibody has been found in five instances. The anti-Good
antibody is a gamma globulin of the 7 S class, active at 22 and 37 C., both in
saline and albumin.
