Molecular basis of weak D in Taiwanese

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 617-620

  Lin, L L ^a,b   Shih, M C ^a   Hsieh, M H ^c   Liu, T C ^b   Chang, S E ^a   Lin, C L ^a   Chang, J G ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taichung Blood Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mutation; RHD; Taiwanese; Weak D

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; THYMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CODON; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN;

DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0242691649     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0711-4     Document Type: Article

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