HPA polymorphism in sub‐Saharan African populations: Beninese, Cameroonians, Congolese, and Pygmies

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00360.x

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HPA polymorphism in sub‐Saharan African populations: Beninese, Cameroonians, Congolese, and Pygmies

23 Feb 2005

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The frequency of human platelet antigen-1 (HPA-1) to HPA-11w (excluding HPA-8w) and HPA-15 systems was studied in four sub-Saharan populations: Beninese, Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa), Cameroonians, and Aka pygmies (Central African Republic). No report of HPA prevalence has previously been published concerning these populations which are characterized by the highest HPA-2b gene frequencies of...

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