Gene frequencies of human platelet alloantigens in Bahraini Arabs

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-244

  Al Subaie, Abeer M ^a   Al Absi, Iman K ^a   Al Ola, Khadija ^b   Saidi, Sarra ^c   Fawaz, Naglaa A ^d   Almawi, Wassim Y ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Salmaniya Medical Complex ^*  (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Hematological disorders; Human platelet antigens; PCR SSP

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; ARABS; BAHRAIN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33847655679     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20769     Document Type: Article

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