HLA-DR 52- and 51-associated DRB1 alleles in Kenya, East Africa

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-402

  Dunand, V A ^a,c   Ng, C M ^b   Wade, J A ^b,c   Bwayo, J ^e   Plummer, F A ^d,e   MacDonald, K S ^a,c,e,f  

^a Mount Sinai Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DR51 allele; DR52 allele; East Africa; Genetic diversity; HLA DR; Kenya; PCR; Population genetics; SSOP

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR51 ANTIGEN; HLA DR52 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

GENETTA;

EID: 0030897448     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02768.x     Document Type: Article

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