Comprehensive analysis of RHD alleles in Argentineans with variant D phenotypes

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-396

  Brajovich, Melina E Luján ^a,b,c,d   Trucco Boggione, Carolina ^a,b,c,d   Biondi, Claudia S ^a,b,c,d   Racca, Amelia L ^a,b,c,d   Tarragõ, Marcel ^a,b,c,d   Nogués, Núria ^a,b,c,d   Muñiz Díaz, Eduardo ^a,b,c,d   Cotorruelo, Carlos M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c CIUNR   (Argentina)

^d BANC DE SANG I TEIXITS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ARGENTINA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84855856473     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03297.x     Document Type: Article

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