α1-Antitrypsin (PI) alleles as markers of westeuropean influence in the Baltic Sea region

Human Heredity

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-55

  Beckman, Lars ^a   Sikstrom C ^a   Mikelsaar, A V ^b   Krumina, A ^c   Kucinskas V ^d   Beckman, G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

1 Antitrypsin (PI); Baltic sea region; PI Z allele

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ALLELE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; LATVIA; MARKER GENE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS;

ALLELES; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; BALTIC STATES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0032589907     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022841     Document Type: Article

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