A familial case of ABO phenotype-genotype discrepancy

Akiko Tsuji1, Masayuki Seitoku, Naomi Sameshima

  • 1Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi = Hukuoka Acta Medica
|May 23, 2013
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