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Alloimmunization of patients by blood units harboring distinct DEL variants.
Immunohematology - 1 Jan 2013
St-Louis Maryse, Lebrun André, Goldman Mindy, Lavoie Marianne
Abstract excerpt
The alloimmunization potential of many RHD variants is unknown, and it can be explored by lookback and traceback studies. Hema-Quebec (HQ) investigated the RHD status of 3980 D- repeat blood donors. Thirteen were found to be RHD positive: 4 RHD*1p, and 1 RHD*487delACAG, which show a Dphenotype;and 1 RHD*885T and 7 RHD*(93-94insT) causing a DEL phenotype when C antigen is present. Look back studies were done to...
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