Evidence of genetic diversity underlying Rh D-, weak D (Da), and partial d phenotypes as determined by multiplex polymerase chain reaction analysis of the RHD gone

Blood

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2568-2577

  Avent, Neil D ^a   Martin, Peter G ^b   Armstrong Fisher, Sylvia S ^b   Liu, Wendy ^b   Finning, Kirstin M ^b   Maddocks, Deborah ^b   Urbaniak, Stanislaw J ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030945033     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.7.2568     Document Type: Article

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