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Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(05): 1005-1007
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616576
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High prevalence of 5G allele in Amerindian tribes and Mestizos from Mexico at 4G/5G PAI-1 gene promoter polymorphism

Ismael Nuño-Arana
1   Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ocotlán Jalisco, Mexico
2   Programa de Doctorado en Genética Humana, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
,
Luis Antonio Páez-Riberos
1   Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ocotlán Jalisco, Mexico
2   Programa de Doctorado en Genética Humana, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
,
Lucila Sando-val-Ramírez
3   División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente (CIBO-IMSS), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
,
José Francisco Muñoz-Valle
4   Laboratorio de Inmunología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
,
Doris Pinto-Escalante
5   Laboratorio de Genética, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Hi-deyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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José Miguel Ceballos-Quintal
5   Laboratorio de Genética, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Hi-deyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
,
Héctor Rangel-Villalobos
1   Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ocotlán Jalisco, Mexico
2   Programa de Doctorado en Genética Humana, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: This work was supported by CONACyT (Grant 33949) and UdeG (Grant PITI 2004) to H. R-V.
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Received 23 November 2005

Accepted after revision 07 February 2005

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15 December 2017 (online)

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