Combining serology and molecular typing of weak D role in improving D typing strategy in Egypt

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 11 PART 2, 2013, Pages 2940-2944

  Abdelrazik, Abeer Mohamed ^a   Elshafie, Shahira Morsy ^a   Ezzat Ahmed, Ghada M ^a   Abdelaziz, Hossam M ^a  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO(D) ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROLOGY; STATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84893200297     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12100     Document Type: Article

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