The Rh blood group system in review: A new face for the next decade
Connie M. Westhoff,
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Connie M. Westhoff
From the American Red Cross and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Connie M. Westhoff, SBB, PhD, Scientific Director, American Red Cross, 700 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA 19130; e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorConnie M. Westhoff,
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Connie M. Westhoff
From the American Red Cross and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Connie M. Westhoff, SBB, PhD, Scientific Director, American Red Cross, 700 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA 19130; e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].Search for more papers by this author
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