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Bombay Blood Group in a Turkish Family: Serological and Molecular Analysis

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  1. Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Blood Bank, Ankara, Turkey

    Rıza Aytaç Çetinkaya, Soner Yılmaz & Sebahattin Yılmaz

  2. Department of Medical Genetics, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

    Davut Gül

  3. Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

    İsmail Yaşar Avcı & Can Polat Eyigün

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Çetinkaya, R.A., Yılmaz, S., Gül, D. et al. Bombay Blood Group in a Turkish Family: Serological and Molecular Analysis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 31, 396–397 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-014-0440-y

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