African-American HLA class II allele and haplotype diversity

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-555

  Just, J J ^a   King, M C ^a   Thomson, G ^a   Klitz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; African American; HLA class II; Linkage disequilibrium; Population data; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; GAMBIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE POOL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031009734     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02801.x     Document Type: Article

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