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Alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes in a Nigerian population.
African journal of medicine and medical sciences - 1 Jan 2000
Olusi S O, Ladipo G O, Ojutiku O O
Abstract excerpt
Alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes of 350 normal Nigerian blood donors were determined by isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gel. The distributions obtained (MM, 66.86%; MS, 16.29%; MZ, 0.57%; SS, 2.0%; SZ, 0.28%) were different from those reported for caucasian populations. Forty-nine of these donors could not be classified into any of the above common phenotypes suggesting that some rare alleles occur in...
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