Genomic analysis of clinical samples with serologic ABO blood grouping discrepancies: Identification of 15 novel A and B subgroup alleles

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1585-1593

  Olsson, Martin L ^a,b,c,d,e   Irshaid, Nidal M ^a,b,c,d,e   Hosseini Maaf, Bahram ^a,b,c,d,e   Hellberg, Åsa ^a,b,c,d,e   Moulds, Marilyn K ^a,b,c,d,e   Sareneva, Hannele ^a,b,c,d,e   Alan Chester, M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Immucor/Gamma Reference Laboratories   (United States)

^d Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service ^*

^e FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0035469814     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.5.1585     Document Type: Article

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