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High-resolution melting analysis for genotyping Duffy blood group antigens.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2015
Łukasik Ewa, Waśniowska Kazimiera, Grodecka Magdalena, Majorczyk Edyta, Czerwiński Marcin
Abstract excerpt
Antigens of the Duffy (Fy) blood group are significant in medical transfusions since they may cause serious post-transfusion reactions and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Results of serotyping performed on donors with reduced or abolished erythrocyte Duffy expression may be misleading, since the Duffy antigen is also present on non-erythroid cells. In such cases only DNA-based genotyping may reveal...
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