Recent advances in the RH blood group system

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 70, Issue , 1996, Pages 26-33

  Issitt, Peter D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood groups; Red cell antigens; Rh

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0029922532     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1996.tb01364.x     Document Type: Article

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