AIpha-1-Antitrypsin Phenotypes in Newborns from Central and Southern Italy
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Human Heredity
- Vol. 28 (6) , 468-473
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000153002
Abstract
The results of Pi typing on 500 infants from Central and Southern Italy are reported. Phenotype determinations were performed on umbilical cord serum. We observed nine different phenotypes; each of these is present in other European populations. The frequencies of the Pi alleles in our group were found to be, on the whole, comparable to those found in other populations widely separated geographically. However, the frequency of the Pi S gene in our sample (0.0670) was greater than that observed in Northern and Central European and American groups. Our Pi S frequency was similar to that found in a French group and lower than that of Spanisch and Portuguese groups. Our data thus confirm the higher Pi S gene frequency in Latin populations.Keywords
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