Molecular approaches to blood group identification.

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Allogeneic barriers to transfusion are caused by differences between those portions of the donor and recipient genomes that define the antigenicity and immune response to the transfused cells. Historically, a blood group antigen was identified when an immune response (alloantibody) was detected by hemagglutination in the serum of a transfused patient. There has been an astounding pace of growth over the past two...

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