Analysis of the T-cell receptor Vβ usage in monozygotic and dizygotic twins living in a Plasmodium falciparum endemic area in West Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 541-545

  Troye Blomberg, M ^a   Fogdell, A ^b   El Ghazali, G ^a   Larsson, A ^a   Hassan King, M ^c   Sisay Joof, F ^c   Olerup, O ^b   Grunewald, J ^d   Jepson, A ^c,e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MRC   (Gambia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GAMBIA; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994578     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-421.x     Document Type: Article

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