The Structure and Function of the Rh Antigen Complex

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-50

  Westhoff, Connie M ^a  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FETUS RISK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; ZYGOSITY;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; EXONS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 33845725592     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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