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Molecular analysis of Rh transcripts and polypeptides from individuals expressing the DVI variant phenotype: an RHD gene deletion event does not generate All DVIccEe phenotypes.
Blood - 1 Mar 1997
Avent N D, Liu W, Jones J W, Scott M L, Voak D, Pisacka M, Watt J, Fletcher A
Abstract excerpt
The D antigen is a mosaic comprising at least 30 epitopes. Partial Rh D phenotypes occur when there is absence of one or more of these epitopes, with the remainder expressed. The DVI phenotype is the most common of the partial D phenotypes, lacking most D antigen epitopes (ep D) (epD1, 2, 5-8 using the 9-epitope model or epD 1-4, 7-22, 26-29 using the 30-epitope model). DVI mothers may become immunized by...
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