Article
C4 null alleles in a Swedish population.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Dec 1995
Nityanand S, Dawkins R L, Lithell H, Holm G, Lefvert A K
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of C4 null alleles (C4Q0) was studied in a Swedish population comprising 410 male individuals from Stockholm County and Uppsala City. The prevalances of homozygous C4A*Q0 and C4B*Q0 determined by analysing the gene products in serum were 5.0 and 5.6%, respectively, in the Stockholm population and 4.0% each in the Uppsala population. These values are higher than those previously reported from...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Complement C4a
- Complement C4b
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Sweden
