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Acetylator phenotypes: allele frequency in northwestern Argentina and review of acetylator distribution in the Americas.
Human biology - 1 Oct 1998
Dipierri J E, Alfaro E, Bejarano I F, Etchart A A
Abstract excerpt
We determined acetylator phenotypes by means of a sulfadimidine test and found that 39% of the native population of the province of Jujuy, in northwestern Argentina, have slow acetylators. The frequency of the allele controlling slow acetylation was estimated at q = 0.65 +/- 0.001. This estimate differs from those previously recorded in native and Mestizo American populations. A review of the literature on...
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