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Red blood cell phenotype prevalence in blood donors who self-identify as Hispanic.
Immunohematology - 1 Sept 2017
Sheppard Chelsea A, Bolen Nicole L, Eades Beth, Ochoa-Garay Gorka, Yazer Mark H
Abstract excerpt
CONCLUSIONS: Molecular genotyping platforms provide a quick, high-throughput method for identifying red blood cell units for patients on extended phenotype-matching protocols, such as those with sickle cell disease or thalassemia. Most of the antigen prevalence data reported are for non-Hispanic populations. Therefore, this study sought to determine the phenotype prevalence in a single blood center's Hispanic...
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