HIV and HLA: Confusion or complexity? The search for an elusive association between MHC polymorphism and susceptibility to HIV and AIDS continues (pages 405-411)

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-396

  Hill, Adrian V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

HIV INFECTIONS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0029982459     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0496-395     Document Type: Article

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