HLA-DQA1 subtyping data in the Swiss population

Forensic Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-30

  Gehrig, Christian ^a   Hochmeister, Manfred N ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^b   Reynolds, Rebecca ^c   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardy Weinberg expectations; HLA DQA1; PCR; Population databases; Subtypes; Swiss

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030580421     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)02008-7     Document Type: Article

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