The BloodGen project: Toward mass-scale comprehensive genotyping of blood donors in the European Union and beyond

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Avent, Neil D ^a   Martinez, Antonio ^b   Flegel, Willy A ^b   Olsson, Martin L ^b   Scott, Marion L ^b   Nogués, Núria ^b   Písǎcka, Martin ^b   Daniels, Geoff ^b   Van Der Schoot, Ellen ^b   Muñiz Diaz, Eduardo ^b   Madgett, Tracey E ^b   Storry, Jill R ^b   Beiboer, Sigrid H ^b   Maaskant Van Wijk, Petra A ^b   Von Zabern, Inge ^b   Jiménez, Elisa ^b   Tejedor, Diego ^b   López, Mónica ^b   Camacho, Emma ^b   Cheroutre, Goedele ^b   Hacker, Anita ^b   Jinoch, Pavel ^b   Svobodova, Irena ^b   De Haas, Masja ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MICROARRAY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; SEROLOGY;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CLINICAL TRIALS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 34250619506     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01309.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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