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Research Article| Volume 12, ISSUE 4, P759-770, December 1992

New Testing Approaches in Transfusion Medicine

  • Kathleen A. Allen
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    From the Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • J. Brooks Jackson
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    Address reprint requests to: J. Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA, Division of Clinical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2085 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106
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    Division of Clinical Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

    University Hospitals of Cleveland; and Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30486-4
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      New techniques of molecular diagnosis are being introduced and refined. Methodologies such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have a great potential for widespread research and clinical use. Transfusion medicine will be affected by these developments. Possible applications of PCR and related techniques to blood banking practice and hematologic diagnoses are considered in this article.
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