A modified PCR-SSP method for the identification of ABO blood group antigens

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-298

  Downing, J ^a   Darke, C ^a  

^a Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CADAVER DONOR; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0041878851     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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