Lower antigen site density and weak D immunogenicity cannot be explained by structural genomic abnormalities or regulatory defects of the RHD gene

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 616-623

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

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLYCOPHORIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030956120     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37697335156.x     Document Type: Article

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