RhD variant caused by an in-frame triplet duplication in the RHD gene

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 570-573

  Pereira, Janet C ^a   Rodrigues, Maria J ^a   Tilley, Louise ^a   Poole, Joyce ^a   Chabert, Teresa ^a   Ribeiro, Maria L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN FRAME TRIPLET DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATOSTATIN CELL;

EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 79952457222     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02856.x     Document Type: Article

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