Article
Frequency of platelet-specific antigens PlA1, Baka, Yuka, Yukb, and Bra in South American (Mapuches) Indians.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Inostroza J, Kiefel V, Mueller-Eckhardt C
Abstract excerpt
One hundred twelve unrelated Mapuches Indians from the area of Temuco, Chile were studied for the prevalence of five platelet-specific antigens. The prevalences found were: PlA1 (Zwa), greater than 99 percent; Baka, 89.3 percent; Yuka (Penb), 0.9 percent; Yukb (Pena), greater than 99 percent; and Bra, 4.9 percent.
Topics
- Alleles
- Antigens, Human Platelet
- Blood Platelets
- Chile
- Epitopes
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Integrin beta3
- Isoantigens
