Allele frequencies and molecular genotyping of the ABO blood group system in a Kuwaiti population

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-153

  Al Bustan, Suzanne ^a   El Zawahri, Mokhtar ^a   Al Azmi, Daleil ^a   Al Bashir, Abdul Aziz ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Central Blood Bank of Kuwait ^*  (Kuwait)

Author keywords

ABO; Allele frequencies; Kuwait; Molecular

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KUWAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; STATISTICS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036463837     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982019     Document Type: Review

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