With respect to the ‘hh blood group’, consider the following statements:

This blood group has antigen H.

A person with this blood group can donate blood to ABO blood types.

Its shelf life is only 35-42 days.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

The Bombay blood group (also called hh), is deficient in expressing antigen H. It means the RBC of hh blood group has no antigen H.
The O group has Antigen H, while the hh group does not.
The rare Bombay blood group was first discovered in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1952 by Dr Y M Bhende.
This blood type is more common in South Asia than anywhere else because of inbreeding and close community marriages.
hh blood group can donate their blood to ABO blood types.
This group is generally not stored in blood banks, mainly because it is rare and the shelf life of blood is 35-42 days.

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The Bombay blood group (also called hh), is deficient in expressing antigen H. It means the RBC of hh blood group has no antigen H.
The O group has Antigen H, while the hh group does not.
The rare Bombay blood group was first discovered in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1952 by Dr Y M Bhende.
This blood type is more common in South Asia than anywhere else because of inbreeding and close community marriages.
hh blood group can donate their blood to ABO blood types.
This group is generally not stored in blood banks, mainly because it is rare and the shelf life of blood is 35-42 days.

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