Characterization of the hybrid RHD gene leading to the partial D category IIIc phenotype

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Beckers, E A M ^a   Faas, B H W ^b   Ligthart, P ^b   Simsek, S ^b   Overbeeke, M A M ^b   Von Dem Borne, A E G Kr ^b,c   Van Rhenen, D J ^d   Van Der Schoot, C E ^b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION;

EID: 0030057292     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36696269518.x     Document Type: Article

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