A novel variant B allele at the ABO gene locus characterized by a duplication-based insertion of 27 nucleotides identified in an Iraqi male with a weak B subgroup phenotype

Transfusion. 2018 May;58(5):1318-1319. doi: 10.1111/trf.14539. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Authors

Eva Maria Matzhold¹, Camilla Drexler¹, Erika Staudacher², Barbara Glock³, Thomas Wagner¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
³ Vienna Blood Centre, Blood Sciences, Austria Red Cross, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 29468689
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14539

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

ABO Blood-Group System / genetics*
Alleles
Base Sequence
Genetic Variation
Humans
Iraq
Male
Mutagenesis, Insertional*

Substances

ABO Blood-Group System