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Distribution of Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) and Risk of Prostate Cancer in Barbados, West Indies.
Journal of immigrant and minority health - 1 Jun 2015
Nemesure Barbara, Wu Suh-Yuh, Hennis Anselm, Leske M Cristina
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Blood typing across different racial groups has revealed that Caucasians predominantly test positive for the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC), while 70-95% of African-origin populations lack expression of DARC on their erythrocytes. Since men of African descent are known to have highe...
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