Genotyping of Dombrock and Lutheran blood group systems in blood donors from the southwestern region of the state of Paraná, Southern Brazil

Background: Lutheran and Dombrock are two blood group systems with low immunogenic antigens; they can cause mild-to-moderate transfusion reactions. For both, immunophenotyping is not performed in the pretransfusion routine in Brazil. In addition, the distribution of their antigenic frequencies is an...

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Main Authors: Ieda Bernadete Volkweis Langer, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer, Joana Maira Valentini Zacarias, Katia Teixeira de Meiroz Grilo, Paulo Roberto Hatschbach, Rosane Scotti Zimmermann, Ana Maria Sell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137918301007