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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of 36 blood group alleles among 396 Thai samples reveals region-specific variants.
Transfusion - 1 Jul 2018
Jongruamklang Philaiphon, Gassner Christoph, Meyer Stefan, Kummasook Aksarakorn, Darlison Marion, Boonlum Chayanun, Chanta Surin, Frey Beat M, Olsson Martin L, Storry Jill R
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BACKGROUND: Blood group phenotype variation has been attributed to potential resistance to pathogen invasion. Variation was mapped in blood donors from Lampang (northern region) and Saraburi (central region), Thailand, where malaria is endemic. The previously unknown blood group allele profiles were characterized and the data were correlated with phenotypes. The high incidence of the Vel-negative phenotype...
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