HLA Affinities of Iyers, a Brahmin Population of Tamil Nadu, South India

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-537

  Balakrishnan, K ^a   Pitchappan, R M ^a   Suzuki, K ^b   Sankar Kumar, U ^a   Santhakumari, R ^b   Tokunaga, K ^c  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brahmins; Castes; HLA; India; Iyers

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030213298     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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