Article
Molecular basis of the LOCR (Rh55) antigen.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2006
Coghlan Gail, Moulds Marilyn, Nylen Edward, Zelinski Teresa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In 1994 during the investigation of a case of hemolytic disease of the newborn, a new low-incidence red cell (RBC) antigen, LOCR, was described. Although the presence of LOCR was associated with altered expression of Rh antigens, its formal assignment to the Rh blood group system did not occur until haplotype and linkage analysis conducted in 2003 provided the necessary proof. The current study was...
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