MNSs Blood Group Glycophorin Variants in Taiwan: A Genotype-Serotype Correlation Study of ‘Mia’ and Sta with Report of Two New Alleles for Sta

Tai-Di Chen; Ding-Ping Chen; Wei-Ting Wang; Chien-Feng Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098166

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MNSs Blood Group Glycophorin Variants in Taiwan: A Genotype-Serotype Correlation Study of ‘Mi^a’ and St^a with Report of Two New Alleles for St^a

Tai-Di Chen,

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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Ding-Ping Chen,

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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Wei-Ting Wang,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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Chien-Feng Sun

* E-mail: suncgj@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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MNSs Blood Group Glycophorin Variants in Taiwan: A Genotype-Serotype Correlation Study of ‘Mi^a’ and St^a with Report of Two New Alleles for St^a

Tai-Di Chen,
Ding-Ping Chen,
Wei-Ting Wang,
Chien-Feng Sun

Published: May 23, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098166

About the Authors

Tai-Di Chen

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Ding-Ping Chen

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Wei-Ting Wang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Chien-Feng Sun

* E-mail: suncgj@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TDC DPC WTW CFS. Performed the experiments: TDC WTW. Analyzed the data: TDC CFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPC WTW CFS. Wrote the paper: TDC CFS.

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