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Screening for DEL phenotype in RhD negative Indians.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Mar 2018
Kulkarni Swati, Parchure Disha S, Gopalkrishnan Vidya, Madkaikar Manisha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: DEL phenotype represents a very weak form of D variant detected only by adsorption and elution technique. DEL phenotype individuals mistyped as RhD-negative can lead to alloimmunization after transfusion or pregnancy. Molecular techniques have now been used to identify DEL variants. They are commonly encountered in the East Asian population with RHD(K409K) being the most frequent allele. RHD(M295I) is...
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