Allelic frequencies of HPA-1 to 5 human
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Camila Fernanda Verdichio-Moraes; CecΓlia Toralles-Pereira; Rejane Maria Tommasi
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Studies have suggested that hepatitis C virus (HCV) may infect not only hepatocytes but may also be carried by platelets. Platelets express more than 20 polymorphic antigenic determinants on their surface, which are called human platelet antigens (HPA). To determine the allele frequency