Blood group genotyping in Germany

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Flegel, Willy A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden Württemberg Hessen and University Hospital Ulm   (Germany)

^c Red Cross Blood Donor Service Baden Württemberg Hessen   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AUSTRIA; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; ZYGOSITY;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PERINATAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 34250671892     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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