Lactase haplotype frequencies in Caucasians: Association with the lactase persistence/non-persistence polymorphism

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-223

  Harvey, C B ^a,h   Hollox, E J ^a   Poulter, M ^a   Wang, Y ^a,i   Rossi, M ^b   Auricchio, S ^c   Iqbal, T H ^d   Cooper, B T ^c   Barton, R ^e,j   Sarner, M ^e   Korpela, R ^f,g   Swallow, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Pediatria   (Italy)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

ⁱ HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031717707     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098006873     Document Type: Article

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