Glycophorin C (Gerbich Antigen Blood Group) and Band 3 Polymorphisms in Two Malaria Holoendemic Regions of Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Patel, Sheral S ^a,b   King, Christopher L ^a,d   Mgone, Charles S ^e   Kazura, James W ^a,c   Zimmerman, Peter A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Band 3; Gerbich; Glycophorin C; Malaria; Papua New Guinea; Southeast Asian ovalocytosis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; GLYCOPHORIN C;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPHORIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0347416902     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10448     Document Type: Article

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