A new intercellular adhesion molecule-1 allele identified in West Africans is prevalent in African-Americans in contrast to other North American racial groups

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 654-656

  Zimmerman, P A ^a,d   Wieseman, M ^a   Spalding, T ^b   Boatin, B A ^c   Nutman, T B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele; ICAM 1; West Africa

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031453691     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02926.x     Document Type: Article

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