BeadChip Molecular Immunohematology Toward Routine Donor and Patient Antigen Profiling by DNA Analysis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ness, Paul M. (Editor), Sloan, Steve R. (Editor), Moulds, JoAnn M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Antibodies.; Laboratory medicine.; Molecular biology.; Blood transfusion.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Laboratory Medicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Blood Transfusion Medicine.

We have entered the era of molecular immunohematology in which DNA is analyzed to predict red blood cell and platelet phenotypes. Indeed, many laboratories and blood banks across the world have already adopted and implemented molecular techniques. Some fear that serology is now becoming outdated, bu...