Rare RHCE phenotypes in black individuals of Afro-Caribbean origin: Identification and transfusion safety

Blood

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4223-4231

  Noizat Pirenne, France ^a,b,c,d,e   Lee, Ketty ^a,b,c,d   Le Pennec, Pierre Yves ^a,b,c,d   Simon, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Kazup, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Bachir, Dora ^a,b,c,d   Rouzaud, Anne Marie ^a,b,c,d   Roussel, Michèle ^a,b,c,d   Juszczak, Geneviève ^a,b,c,d   Ménanteau, Cècile ^a,b,c,d   Rouger, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Kotb, Rami ^a,b,c,d   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c,d   Ansart Pirenne, Hélène ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RHCE GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0036892762     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0229     Document Type: Article

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