CHE1 UF serum cholinesterase phenotype in whites and non-whites from southern Brazil as determined by a new method.

doi:10.1159/000153986

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CHE1 UF serum cholinesterase phenotype in whites and non-whites from southern Brazil as determined by a new method.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1991

Alcântara V M, Chautard-Freire-Maia E A, Culpi L

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A sample of 251 Whites and 818 Non-Whites, from Curitiba (southern Brazil), was typed with a new method with the aim of estimating the frequency of the CHE1*F allele. The frequency of this allele did not differ between Whites (0.60 +/- 0.34%) and Non-Whites (0.49 +/- 0.17%), being estimated as 0....

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Black People
Brazil
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Cholinesterases
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Techniques
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Naphthols
Phenotype
Propranolol
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
White People

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