Frequency distribution of the G/A alleles of the β-fibrinogen gene in the Lebanese population

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-311

  Shammaa, Dina M R ^a   Sabbagh, Amira S ^a   Taher, Ali T ^a   Zaatari, Ghazi S ^a   Mahfouz, Rami A R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; 455G A; Genotyping; Lebanese; Polymorphism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BETA FIBRINOGEN GENE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOSIS;

ALLELES; FIBRINOGEN; GENOTYPE; LEBANON;

EID: 48249124243     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9087-1     Document Type: Article

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