Article
Incidence of the Nak(a)-negative platelet phenotype in African Americans is similar to that of Asians.
Transfusion - 1 Apr 1996
Curtis B R, Aster R H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: About 5 to 10 percent of Asians have platelets that lack the major membrane glycoprotein (GP) IV (CD36, GPIIIb) that carries the isoantigen Naka. The GPIV-negative platelet phenotype is extremely rare among whites, but its frequency in persons of African ancestry has not yet been dete...
Topics
- Antigens, Human Platelet
- Asian People
- Black People
- Blood Group Incompatibility
- CD36 Antigens
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Black or African American