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- Title
Large-scale blood group genotyping: clinical implications.
- Authors
Avent, Neil D
- Abstract
The molecular background of blood group antigen expression of the major clinically significant blood group antigens has been largely accomplished. Despite this large body of work, blood group phenotype prediction by genotyping has a marginal supporting role in the routine blood bank. It has however had a major impact in the prenatal determination of fetal blood group status in the management of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. In the past few years several high throughput systems have been in development that have the potential capacity to perform genotyping on a mass scale. Such systems have been designed for use on donor- and patient-derived DNA and provide much more comprehensive information regarding an individuals blood group than is possible by using serological methods alone. DNA-based typing methodology is easier to standardize than serology and has the potential to replace it as a front line diagnostic in blood banks. This review overviews the current situation in this area and attempts to predict how blood group genotyping will evolve in the future.
- Publication
British journal of haematology, 2009, Vol 144, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1365-2141
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07285.x