Analysis of the patterns of inheritance of splenomegaly and serum IgM levels in the Watut of Papua New Guinea.

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Analysis of the patterns of inheritance of splenomegaly and serum IgM levels in the Watut of Papua New Guinea.

Human biology - 1 Apr 1991

Serjeantson S W, Crane G G

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Hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly (HMS) reflects abnormal immune responses to malarial infection. The central question is whether HMS results from unusual patterns of malarial infection or from immune incompetence in the host. Family distributions of two features of the syndrome, splenomegaly...

Topics

Adult
Child
Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Immunoglobulin M
Likelihood Functions
Malaria
Male
Models, Genetic
Papua New Guinea
Phenotype
Recurrence
Splenomegaly

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