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Incidence of weak D in blood donors typed as D positive by the Olympus PK 7200.
Immunohematology - 1 Jan 2005
Jenkins C M, Johnson S T, Bellissimo D B, Gottschall J L
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of weak D has been reported to be between 0.23 and 0.5 percent in Europe and 3.0 percent in the United States. All studies were performed before the introduction of monoclonal anti-D reagents. Using current commercial reagents, this study evaluated D+ samples for the presence of weak D. D+ donors, typed by the Olympus PK 7200, using diluted monoclonal blend anti-D and diluted polyclonal anti-D, were...
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