African-American HLA class II allele and haplotype diversity

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 636-644

  Just, J J ^a,b   King, M C ^a,c   Thomson, G ^a   Klitz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; African American; HLA class II; Linkage disequilibrium; Population data; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPE; GAMBIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030447715     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02686.x     Document Type: Article

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