The distribution of haptoglobin-gene deletion (Hpdel) is restricted to East Asians [6]

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1948-1950

  Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Koda, Yoshiro ^a   Fujihara, Junko ^b   Takeshita, Haruo ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPTOCORRIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALLELISM; ASIAN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE DELETION; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 34548785611     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01467.x     Document Type: Letter

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