Polymorphisms of RhD(Va) and a new RhD(Va)-like variant found in Japanese individuals

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-125

  Hyodo, Hironobu ^a,b   Ishikawa, Yoshihide ^a   Kashiwase, Koichi ^a   Ogawa, Atsuko ^a   Watanabe, Yoshihisa ^a   Tsuneyama, Hatsue ^a   Toyoda, Chizu ^a   Uchikawa, Makoto ^a   Akaza, Tatsuya ^a   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^b   Kozuma, Shiro ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^b   Juji, Takeo ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034067213     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2000.7820122.x     Document Type: Article

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