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A study of haptoglobin phenotypes in patients with chronic renal failure.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Nov 2003
Awadallah Samir, Hamad Mawieh
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BACKGROUND: This study has investigated the association between haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism and the occurrence of chronic renal failure (CRF) in Jordanians. METHODS: Blood specimens were collected from 159 patients with CRF resulting from various predisposing conditions and from 200 healthy unrelated controls. Hp phenotyping was conducted using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. RESULTS: The Hp 2-2 phenotype...
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