Revised transthyretin Ile 122 allele frequency in African-Americans

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-238

  Jacobson, Daniel R ^a   Pastore, Raymond ^a,d   Pool, Stephen ^a   Malendowicz, Slawomir ^a   Kane, Immaculata ^a   Shivji, Alia ^a   Embury, Stephen H ^b   Ballas, Samir K ^c   Buxbaum, Joel N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PREALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; POINT MUTATION; PREALBUMIN; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029946836     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050199     Document Type: Article

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