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Genetic variation of the whole ICAM4 gene in Caucasians and African Americans.
Transfusion - 1 Sept 2014
Srivastava Kshitij, Almarry Noorah Salman, Flegel Willy A
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BACKGROUND: Landsteiner-Wiener (LW) is the human blood group system Number 16, which comprises two antithetical antigens, LW(a) and LW(b) and the high-prevalence antigen LW(ab) . LW is encoded by the intracellular adhesion molecule 4 (ICAM4) gene. The ICAM4 protein is part of the Rhesus complex in the red cell membrane and is involved in cell-cell adhesion. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: We developed a method to...
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