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Duffy blood group genotyping in Thai blood donors.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Nathalang Oytip, Intharanut Kamphon, Siriphanthong Kanokpol, Nathalang Siriporn, Kupatawintu Pawinee
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BACKGROUND: Duffy (FY) blood group genotyping is important in transfusion medicine because Duffy alloantibodies are associated with delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. In this study, FY allele frequencies in Thai blood donors were determined by in-house PCR with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP), and the probability of obtaining compatible blood for...
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