ABO sequence analysis in a family with weak expression of blood group B [2]

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1394-1395

  Yazer, M H ^a   Blajchman, M A ^b   DiTomasso, J ^b   Denomme, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INTRON; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ALLELES; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CHINA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRONS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRIPLETS; VIETNAM;

EID: 4344693449     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2004.00419.x     Document Type: Letter

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