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Allele-specific oligonucleotide polymerase chain reaction for the determination of Rh C/c and Rh E/e antigens in thalassaemic patients.
Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue - 1 Jul 2011
Hojjati Mohammad Taher, Einollahi Nahid, Nabatchian Fariba, Pourfathollah Ali Akbar, Mahdavi Mohammad Reza
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BACKGROUND: Thalassaemia is a genetic disease in which there is a relative or complete lack of alpha or beta globin chains. Patients with moderate to severe forms of thalassaemia need transfusions from the early years of life. Antibody production against blood group antigens may cause many problems in preparing compatible blood units for transfusion. The identification of definite blood group phenotypes by the...
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