The ABO blood group system: Historical background

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-265

  Watkins, W M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP ABH ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BODY FLUID; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; REVIEW; TISSUE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FETUS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; ISOANTIBODIES; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0034884004     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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