ABO blood group in Amerindians from Brazilian Amazon

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-224

  Barjas Castro, Maria Lourdes ^a   Soares, M C P ^b   Menezes, R C ^c   Carvalho, M H M ^a   Costa, F F ^a   Saad, S T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Federal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0242416618     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0301446021000038107     Document Type: Article

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