Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 134-146 , April 2007

Chimerism in the Immunohematology Laboratory in the Molecular Biology Era

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 Supported in part by NIH SCOR grant HL54459 (MER).

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.11.002

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 134-146 , April 2007

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