The global distribution of length polymorphisms of the promoters of the glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene (UGT1A1): Hematologic and evolutionary implications

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Premawardhena, A ^a,b   Fisher, C A ^b   Liu, Y T ^b   Verma, I C ^c   De Silva, S ^a   Arambepola, M ^a   Clegg, J B ^b   Weatherall, D J ^b,d  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gall stones; Glucuronyltransferase; Hyperbilirubinemia; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN E;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOLUTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038351780     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-9796(03)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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