HLA class I phenotype and gene frequencies in parts of Southern Nigeria

Disease Markers

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Uko, G P ^a,c   Asuquo, M A ^a   Dawkins, R L ^b   Udim, E R ^a   Banjoko, S O ^a   Jaja, O ^a  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA class I phenotype gene frequencies; Southern Nigerians

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A23 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B14 ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA B53 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA CW1 ANTIGEN; HLA CW4 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030989876     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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