Genetic influences on F cells and other hematologic variables: A twin heritability study

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 342-346

  Garner, C ^b   Tatu, T ^b   Reittie, J E ^b   Littlewood, T ^b   Darley, J ^b   Cervino, S ^b   Farrall, M ^b   Kelly, P ^b   Spector, T D ^b   Thein, S L ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TWINS;

EID: 0033966370     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.1.342.001k33_342_346     Document Type: Article

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