DIIIa and DIII Type 5 are encoded by the same allele and are associated with altered RHCE*ce alleles: Clinical implications

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1303-1311

  Westhoff, Connie M ^a,b   Vege, Sunitha ^a,b   Halter Hipsky, Christine ^a,b   Whorley, Trina ^a,b   Hue Roye, Kim ^a,b   Lomas Francis, Christine ^a,b   Reid, Marion E ^a,b  

^a American Red Cross   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; RHESUS D3 ANTIGEN; RHESUS D3 TYPE 5 ANTIGEN; RHESUS D3 TYPE 6 ANTIGEN; RHESUS D3 TYPE 7 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHCE GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 77953112036     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02573.x     Document Type: Article

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