Weak D alleles express distinct phenotypes

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2699-2708

  Wagner, Franz F ^c   Frohmajer, Alexander ^c   Ladewig, Birgit ^c   Eicher, Nicole I ^c   Lonicer, Cornelie B ^c   Müller, Thomas H ^a   Siegel, Manfred H ^c   Flegel, Willy A ^b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 0034656006     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.8.2699     Document Type: Article

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