Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 71-82 , August 2006

Tissue distribution of blood group membrane proteins beyond red cells: Evidence from cDNA libraries

  • Markus T. Rojewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Hubert Schrezenmeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
    • Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Willy A. Flegel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
    • Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 10, D-89081 Ulm, Germany. Tel.: +49 731 150 600; fax: +49 731 150 602.

Received 13 March 2006 ,Accepted 19 May 2006.

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☆ This work was supported by grants from the DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Württemberg – Hessen, Mannheim; and from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhämatologie (Project DGTI/fle/0301).

PII: S1473-0502(06)00093-0

doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2006.05.008

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 71-82 , August 2006

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