Excess admixture proportion of extended major histocompatability complex haplotypes of Caucasian origin among rheumatoid arthritis associated haplotypes in African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Fraser, Patricia A ^a,b   Yunis, Edmond J ^a   Alper, Chester A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasian genes; Ethnicity; Genetic predisposition; Racial admixture; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0030132962     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961782     Document Type: Article

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