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[Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes in togolese population: description of high frequency of rare allele Pi(F) in isolated ethnic group].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Oct 2011
Tete-Benissan A, Gbeassor M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The study, which is a ethnobiologic characterization, investigated α(1)-antitrypsin gene polymorphism in the togolese ethnic groups. We aimed to determine the existence of rare or deficient alleles predisposing to pulmonary or hepatic genetic diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We focused our study on healthy subjects of two samples by comparing 205 Adélé from relative isolated ethnic group alive in...
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