Ann Lab Med.  2023 Jan;43(1):124-126. 10.3343/alm.2023.43.1.124.

Allelic Enhancement of BEL.02 With the Single Nucleotide Variant, c.669G>T

• Bae GE
• Kim TY
• Yu H
• Seo JY
• Suh JS
• Chang SH
• Cho D

• KMID: 2551618
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2023.43.1.124

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  Fig. 1 (A) Inheritance of the BEL.02 allele in the proband’s family. The arrow indicates the proband. (B) Serologic testing and ABO genotyping results of the family members.

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