Frequencies of Atypical Serum Cholinesterase in a Mixed Population of Northeastern Brazil
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Human Heredity
- Vol. 34 (6) , 364-370
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000153497
Abstract
Frequencies of the CHEI*A allele were estimated in 84 Whites and 772 Negroids from a random sample of Salvador, Bahia. The overall frequency of this gene in Negroids was estimated as 0.842 .+-. 0.233%. This indicates that this sample presents around 50 .+-. 17% of White admixture and that the estimate of the risk of developing prolonged apnea in individuals submitted to suxamethonium is around 0.035%, that is about 1 out of 2900.Keywords
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