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Establishment of reference panel for human platelet antigen genotyping.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Aug 2014
Li R S, Qiao Z L, Ling B, Lu P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Human platelet antigens (HPAs) are platelet-specific alloantigens associated with polymorphisms of platelet surface glycoproteins (GPs), and they can induce alloantibodies when individuals lacking a particular polymorphism are exposed to them via pregnancy or transfusion. Immune responses to HPAs are involved in the pathogenesis of several clinical syndromes. HPA genotyping is therefore...
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