Small deletions within the RHD coding sequence: A report of two novel mutational events and a survey of the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 206-210

  Chen, Jian Min ^a   Fichou, Yann ^a   Jamet, Déborah ^a   Dupont, Isabelle ^a   Cooper, David N ^a   Le Maréchal, Cédric ^a   Férec, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; EXONS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HEMIZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84872272467     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03713.x     Document Type: Article

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