The cayapa indians of ecuador: A genetically isolated group with unexpected complement c7 m/n allele frequencies

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Solder B M ^a   DeStefano, G F D ^c   Dierich, M P ^b   Wurzner R ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C7;

ALLOTYPE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; COMPLEMENT C7; ECUADOR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN;

EID: 0029887315     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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