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Genotyping for platelet-specific antigens: techniques for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Jul 2002
Hurd C M, Cavanagh G, Schuh A, Ouwehand W H, Metcalfe P
Abstract excerpt
Accurate typing of patients for platelet-specific (human platelet) antigens (HPA) is required in several different clinical situations, and blood services need to maintain panels of HPA-typed apheresis platelet donors and whole-blood donors to support HPA alloimmunized patients. Six clinically relevant HPA alloantigen systems have been described and, in addition, a significant number of HPA alloantigens with a...
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