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The polymorphism of the Knops blood group system among five Chinese ethnic groups.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2010
Li Qin, Han Sha-Sha, Guo Zhong-Hui, Yang Ying, Zhou Jie, Zhu Zi-Yan
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AIMS/OBJECTIVE: This work aims to explain the complexity of the Knops blood group system in the Chinese population. BACKGROUND: The Knops blood group system consists of antigens encoded by CR1 gene exon 29. METHODS: A total of 281 individuals from the Han, Uigur, Tu, Lisu and Dong ethnic groups were studied. The coding region of the CR1 gene of 11 Han donors was analysed using reverse transcription-polymerase...
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