RHD gene deletion occurred in the Rhesus box

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3662-3668

  Wagner, Franz F ^a   Flegel, Willy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; CHROMOSOME 1P; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034659823     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.12.3662.012k12_3662_3668     Document Type: Article

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