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RHD alleles in Brazilian blood donors with weak D or D-negative phenotypes.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2012
Cruz B R, Chiba A K, Moritz E, Bordin J O
Abstract excerpt
The RHD gene is highly polymorphic and the existence of a large number of alleles results in RhD variant phenotypes. RHD genotyping has been used to distinguish normal D antigen from D variants due to limitations of serologic methods. The purpose of this study was to determine the phenotypic frequency of RhD and RhCE antigens and to investigate the RHD alleles present in samples with the weak D or D- phenotypes...
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