Article
Genetic diversity of KELnull and KELel: a nationwide Austrian survey.
Transfusion - 1 Apr 2007
Körmöczi Günther F, Wagner Thomas, Jungbauer Christof, Vadon Maria, Ahrens Norbert, Moll Willi, Mühlbacher Annelies, Ozgül-Gülce Seyhan, Kleinrath Thomas, Kilga-Nogler Susanne, Schönitzer Diether, Gassner Christoph
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Besides ABO and RH, the KEL blood group system, including the two antithetical antigens KEL1 and KEL2, is the most important owing to the frequent appearance of anti-KEL alloantibodies and their considerable clinical significance. So far, only limited information was available on KEL variant alleles determining the rare silent KELnull and KELel phenotypes with absent or diminished KEL antigen...
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