Complement C4A, C4B and BF haplotypes in Koreans

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-205

  Park, K S ^a   Park, M H ^b   Juji, T ^c   Tokunaga, K ^c,d  

^a Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

BF; C4A; C4B; Complotype frequency; Extended HLA haplotype; Recombinant haplotype

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029986954     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02541.x     Document Type: Article

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