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A novel ABO allele with a 21-bp duplication identified in two unrelated European individuals with weak A expression.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2020
Jakobsen Marianne A, Hult Annika K, Hellberg Åsa, Crottet Sofia Lejon, Sprogøe Ulrik, Olsson Martin L
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OBJECTIVES: To carry out genetic and serological analyses of a Swiss blood donor and a Danish patient carrying an aberrant ABO phenotype with weak A expression. BACKGROUND: ABO is the most clinically important blood group system but also one of the most complex. The system antigens are determined by carbohydrate structures generated by A and B glycosyltransferases encoded by the ABO gene. Genetic variants of ABO...
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