| Literature DB >> 5611036 |
T Jenkins, D Balinsky, D W Patient.
Abstract
A Bantu schoolgirl is the first non-Caucasoid found homozygous for the "silent" cholinesterase gene. Investigation of her family revealed two heterozygotes. The propositus possesses no antibody to normal cholinesterase. Transfused cholinesterase had in her a half-life of approximately 10 days.Entities:
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Year: 1967 PMID: 5611036 DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3783.1748
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728