Gene frequencies of human platelet antigens in the Tunisian population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Mojaat, N ^a   Halle, L ^b   Proulle, V ^b   Hmida, S ^a   Hamed, L Ben ^a   Boukef, K ^a   Kaplan, Cecile ^b,c  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^c Lab d'Immunofogie Plaquettaire   (France)

Author keywords

Gene frequencies; Human platelet specific antigens; PCR RFLP; Tunisian population

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA;

ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TUNISIA;

EID: 0032864358     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540214.x     Document Type: Article

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