Prevalence of eight molecular markers associated with thrombotic diseases in six Amerindian tribes and two African groups of Costa Rica

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-86

  Herrmann, Falko H ^a   Salazar Sánchez, Lizbeth ^b   Schuster, Gudrun ^a   Jiménez Arce, Gerardo ^b   Grimm, Rita ^a   Gomez, Xinia ^b   Chavez, Mario ^b   Wulff, Karin ^a   Schröder, Winnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTHROMBIN;

AFRICA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; COSTA RICA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

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EID: 0347093482     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10229     Document Type: Article

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