Genetic linkage of mild malaria to the major histocompatibility complex in Gambian children: Study of affected sibling pairs

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7100, 1997, Pages 96-97

  Jepson, Annette ^a   Sisay Joof, Fatoumatta ^c   Banya, Winston ^c   Hassan King, Musa ^c   Frodsham, Angela ^a   Bennett, Stephen ^d   Hill, Adrian V S ^a,b   Whittle, Hilton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Human Genetics ^*

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GAMBIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MARKER GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0030745793     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7100.96     Document Type: Article

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