Heterogeneous molecular background of the weak C, VS+, hrB-, HrB- phenotype in black persons

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-504

  Pham, Bach Nga ^a   Peyrard, Thierry ^b   Juszczak, Genevieve ^b   Dubeaux, Isabelle ^b   Gien, Dominique ^b   Blancher, Antoine ^b   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^b   Rouger, Philippe ^b   Le Pennec, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHD CE D S GENE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 60149083215     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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