Weak D type 2 is the most prevalent weak D type in Portugal

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Araujo F ^a   Rodrigues, M J ^b   Monteiro, F ^a   Chabert, T ^b   Tavares, G ^a   Sousa, G ^b   Storry, J ^c   Guimaraes J E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b Lisbon Regional Blood Centre   (Portugal)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; D variants; Real time PCR; Weak D

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; WEAK D PHENOTYPE TYPE 2;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 33644888809     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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