Evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of a molecular strategy for identifying weak D and DEL phenotype among D- blood donors of mixed origin exhibiting high frequency of RHD*Ψ.
Marcia Regina DezanLuis Giovani O GuardaliniElaine PessoaIngrid Helena RibeiroValeria Brito OliveiraFabio LuzDenise Rossite NovacAntónio GallucciSilvia BonifácioFrancisco GomesJosé E LeviAlexandre C PereiraJose E KriegerAlfredo Mendrone-JuniorVanderson RochaCarla Luana DinardoPublished in: Transfusion (2017)
The strategy of checking D- donors with RHD PCR followed by exclusion of RHD*Ψ allele has proved efficient in identifying weak-D and DEL phenotype in the Brazilian population.