Prevalence of CCR5 gene 32-basepair deletion in populations of Slavic origin

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-349

  Poljak, Mario ^a   Maver, Polona J ^b   Seme, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

CROATIA; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROATIA; EUROPE, EASTERN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CCR5; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 33646676281     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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