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Rhnull syndrome: identification of a novel mutation in RHce.
Transfusion - 1 Nov 2005
Rosa K A, Reid M E, Lomas-Francis C, Powell V I, Costa F F, Stinghen S T, Watanabe A M, Carboni E K, Baldon J P, Jucksch M M F, Castilho L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The deficiency of Rh proteins on red blood cells (RBCs) from individuals of the Rh(null) amorph type are the result of homozygosity for a silent RHCE in cis with a deleted RHD. A novel mutation in RHce was identified in two Caucasian Brazilian girls with the amorph type of Rh(null) who were born to parents who were first cousins. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RBCs from the Rh(null) sisters and from family...
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