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Partial D, weak D types, and novel RHD alleles among 33,864 multiethnic patients: implications for anti-D alloimmunization and prevention.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2005
Denomme Gregory A, Wagner Franz F, Fernandes Bernard J, Li Wei, Flegel Willy A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The D antigen includes category D, partial D, and weak D types, which are important because anti-D alloimmunization can occur in some but not all persons that express a variant RHD allele. At present, there is little prospective information on the prevalence of D variants among obstetric patients and potential transfusion recipients. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The RHD alleles were prospectively...
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