Molecular genotyping and frequencies of A 1 , A 2 , B, O 1 and O 2 alleles of the ABO blood group system in a Kuwaiti population

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-309

  El Zawahri, Mokhtar M ^a   Luqmani, Yunus A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

ABO; Allele frequencies; Kuwaiti population; Molecular genotyping; PCR RFLP; Suballeles

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 46149110531     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-008-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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