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RHC and RHc genotyping in different ethnic groups.
Transfusion - 1 May 2002
Tax Martine G H M, van der Schoot C Ellen, van Doorn René, Douglas-Berger Lotte, van Rhenen Dick J, Maaskant-vanWijk Petra A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: RH genotyping assays are mainly based on research in whites. These assays may not be reliable in a multiracial society because of the genetic variation in RH among ethnic groups. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Five groups from different ethnic backgrounds were serologically typed for C and c and were genotyped on nucleotide C48 and intron 2 for RHC and RHc on nucleotides C178 and C307. RESULTS: RHc...
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