Table of Contents
Chapter 1: An overview of the Classical Serological methods: limitations and benefits of serology and DNA testing John J. Moulds Chapter 2: Introduction to Molecular Typing Joann M. Moulds, Steven R. Sloan* Chapter 3: The BeadChip System: A Flexible Array Format for Complex Nucleic Acid and Protein Analysis Ghazala Hashmi*, Yi Zhang, Michael Seul Chapter 4: Implementation of HEA at Blood Centers: Prescreening, Rare Donors, Inventory Management Joann M. Moulds Chapter 5: Implementation of HEA BeadChip System at Medical Centers: Providing Extended Matched Units and Eliminating Complex Workups for Patients Ellen Klapper Chapter 6: Human Platelet Antigen Genotyping and Diagnosis of Antiplatelet Alloimmunization Gerald Bertrand, Cecile Kaplan-Gouet* Chapter 7: Blood group genotyping by high-throughput DNA-analysis: Application to the Panel National de Référence du CNRGS Sandrine Kappler-Gratias, Thierry Peyrard, Pierre Yves Le Pennec, Jean-Pierre Cartron, Philippe Rouger, Bach-Nga Pham* Chapter 8: Implementation and Assessment of High-Throughput Donor Typing at the Milan, Italy Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Nicoletta Revelli*, Cinzia Paccapelo, Paola Ponzo, Francesca Truglio, Veronica Sala, Francesca Poli, Maurizio Marconi, Maria Antonietta Villa Chapter 9: Implementation of the BioArray Erythrocyte Antigen (HEA) genotyping System BeadChip™ HEA: The Red Cross of Spain Experience Luisa Barea García, Marta Martinez Sánchez, Gemma Cabrera Rodriguez-Escalona, Emma Castro Izaguirre* Chapter 10: Looking Beyond HEA: Matching SCD Patients for RH Variants Marion E Reid*, Christine Halter Hipsky Chapter 11: Identification of Altered RHD and RHCE Alleles: A Comparison of Manual and Automated Molecular Methods Sunitha Vege, Connie M. Westhoff* Chapter 12: Bayesian Classification Algorithms for Automated Allele Assignment Kairali Podual, Yi Zhang, Natalia Mezokh, JiaCheng Yang, Randall Wilson*
