The Rh blood group system in review: A new face for the next decade

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1663-1673

  Westhoff, Connie M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; GENE CONVERSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOMENCLATURE; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SEROLOGY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TERMINOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 7244228186     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2004.04237.x     Document Type: Review

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