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Mass-scale red cell genotyping of blood donors.
Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis - 1 Feb 2011
Denomme Gregory A, Johnson Susan T, Pietz Bradley C
Abstract excerpt
Blood centers are able to recruit and process large numbers of blood donations to meet the demand for antigen-matched blood. However, there are limitations with the use of hemagglutination that can be circumvented with blood group genotyping. Antisera do not exist for several clinically important blood group antigens and many methods have been developed (direct hemagglutination, indirect antiglobulin-dependent,...
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