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DNA from blood samples can be used to genotype patients who have recently received a transfusion.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Reid M E, Rios M, Powell V I, Charles-Pierre D, Malavade V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The use of hemagglutination to phenotype red cells from recently transfused patients or of red cells that are coated with IgG can be time-consuming and difficult to interpret. Because the molecular bases of many blood group antigens are known, it was investigated whether polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of DNA, from white cells in blood from transfused patients, could be used to predict the...
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