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Weak D type 1.1 exemplifies another complexity in weak D genotyping.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2005
Doescher Andrea, Flegel Willy A, Petershofen Eduard K, Bauerfeind Ursula, Wagner Franz F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Weak D expression is caused by a large number of RHD alleles. Increasingly recommendations for D+ or D- transfusions are based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identification of certain RHD alleles. Possible sources of error are rare D variants that are inadvertently carrying known polymorphisms of frequent weak D types. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Weak D donors were checked by direct column...
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