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  • Title: Cholinesterase in plasma: first reported absence in the Bantu; half-life determination.
    Author: Jenkins T, Balinsky D, Patient DW.
    Journal: Science; 1967 Jun 30; 156(3783):1748-50. PubMed ID: 5611036.
    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.
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