Frequency of CCR5 gene 32-basepair deletion in Croatian normal population

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 693-694

  Ristić, Smiljana ^a   Čizmarević, Nada Starčević ^a   Brajenović Milić, Bojana ^a   Crnić Martinović, Marija ^b   Kapović, Miljenko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; POPULATION GENETICS; RECEPTOR GENE;

CROATIA; EUROPE, EASTERN; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RECEPTORS, CCR5; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 24344443339     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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