A new high-molecular-weight glycophorin C variant with a duplication of exon 2 in the glycophorin C gene

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-309

  Uchikawa, M ^a   Tsuneyama, H ^a   Onodera, T ^b   Murata, S ^b   Juji, T ^a  

^a Japanese Red Central Blood Center   (Japan)

^b Kumagaya Blood Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duplication of exon 2; Gerbich blood group; GPC; GPC variant; GPD; Monoclonal antibody

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031448959     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1997.d01-36.x     Document Type: Article

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