The DAU allele cluster of the RHD gene

Blood

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 306-311

  Wagner, Franz F ^a,b,c,d,e   Ladewig, Birgit ^a,b,c,d,e   Angert, Katharina S ^a,b,c,d,e   Heymann, Guido A ^a,b,c,d,e   Eicher, Nicole L ^a,b,c,d,e   Flegel, Willy A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b BIOTEST AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Blutspendedienst SRK Bern AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; EUROPE; GENE CLUSTER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036659930     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0320     Document Type: Article

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