Factor VIII gene polymorphisms in Amerindians from the Brazilian Amazon region

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-354

  Franco, Rendrik F ^a   Guerreiro, João F ^b   Zago, Marco A ^a   Figueiredo, Mauro S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0029901264     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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