RHD zygosity assignments based on most probable genotype and hybrid rhesus box detection in tunisia

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 362-366

  Kacem, Narjes ^a,b   Chakroun, Tahar ^a   Moussa, Hajer ^a   Abdelkefi, Saïda ^a   Houissa, Betoul ^a   Chiaroni, Jacques ^b   Jemni Yacoub, Saloua ^a  

^a Ctr Regional de Transfus Sang   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Hybrid Rhesus box; MPG; PCR SSP; RHD zygosity

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRID GENE; MALE; MOST PROBABLE GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RHESUS BOX GENE; TUNISIA; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; ALLELES; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TUNISIA;

EID: 84866566037     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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