Apolipoprotein H genetic variability in the population of Krk Island, Croatia

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 545-554

  Vitale, Ksenija ^a   Trbojević Čepe, Milica ^a   Smolej Narančić, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein H polymorphism; Isoelectric Focusing; Isoform frequency; Krk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036699514     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2002.0049     Document Type: Article

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