Molecular analysis of patients with weak D and serologic analysis of those with anti-D (excluding type 1 and type 2)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-125 | Journal eISSN: 1930-3955 | Journal ISSN: 0894-203X
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 62
Published on: Dec 1, 2019
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