Publications by authors named "Robyn Turner"
Statins are a highly effective lipid-lowering therapy associated with significant reductions in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events and death. Despite these benefits, statins are underutilized. Pharmacist-led interventions to increase statin prescribing are effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rh is one of the most important blood group systems in transfusion medicine. The two homologous genes RHD and RHCE are located on chromosome 1p36.11 and encode for RhD and RhCE proteins, respectively.
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- The study investigates the frequency and classification of Mi-positive hybrid glycophorins in a diverse Australian blood donor population.
- Blood samples from over 5,000 donors were screened, revealing a low prevalence of Mi-positive red blood cells at 0.22%, with four distinct types of hybrid glycophorins identified.
- This research highlights the importance of understanding blood group variations for effective management of transfusion needs in Australia's changing demographics.
Background: The RhD blood group antigen is extremely polymorphic and the DEL phenotype represents one such class of polymorphisms. The DEL phenotype prevalent in East Asian populations arises from a synonymous substitution defined as RHD*1227A. However, initially, based on genomic and cDNA studies, the genetic basis for a DEL phenotype in Taiwan was attributed to a deletion of RHD Exon 9 that was never verified at the genomic level by any other independent group.
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