Frequencies and ethnic distribution of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups in Mauritania: Results of first nationwide study

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Hamed, C T ^a   Bollahi, M A ^a   Abdelhamid, I ^b   Med Mahmoud, M A ^c   Ba, B ^a   Ghaber, S ^b   Habti, N ^d   Houmeida, A ^e  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine (CNTS)   (Mauritania)

^b Centre Hospitalier National   (Mauritania)

^c ISET de Rosso ^*  (Mauritania)

^d Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie   (Morocco)

^e Faculte des Sciences et Techniques   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAURITANIA; NEGRO; NORTH AFRICA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITANIA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84858080487     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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