Detection of microchimerism after allogeneic blood transfusion using nested polymerase chain reaction amplification with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP): A cautionary tale

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 683-689

  Carter, Anthony S ^a,b   Bunce, Mike ^a   Cerundolo, Lucia ^a   Welsh, Ken I ^a   Morris, Peter J ^a   Fuggle, Susan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCHIMERISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032528491     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.2.683     Document Type: Article

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