Potential of commercial anti-D reagents in the identification of partial D variants in Indian population

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 641-644

  Kulkarni, Swati S ^b   Vasantha, K ^b   Gupte, Snehalata C ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^b   Ghosh, Kanjanksha ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

^b Surat Raktadan Kendra and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Monoclonal anti D reagents; Partial D variants

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; REAGENT; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 34547538024     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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