Genetic polymorphism of the fourth component of human complement: Population study and proposal for a revised nomenclature based on genomic pcr typing of rodgers and chido determinants

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Schneider, P M ^a   Stradmann Bellinghausen, B ^a   Rittner, C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

COMPLEMENT C4; EPITOPES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION;

EID: 0029954109     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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