DAR, a new RhD variant involving exons 4, 5, and 7, often in linkage with ceAR, a new Rhce variant frequently found in African Blacks

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4337-4342

  Hemker, M B ^b   Ligthart, P C ^b   Berger, L ^b   Van Rhenen, D J ^b   Van Der Schoot, C E ^b   Maaskant Van Wijk, P A ^a  

^a Laboratory for Transfusion Science   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEGRO; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032762182     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.12.4337.424k19_4337_4342     Document Type: Article

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