Striking diversity of DR15 haplotypes in Croatians

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-182

  Grublc, Z ^a   Zunec, R ^a   Kastelan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatians; DR15; Haplotype

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031045670     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02734.x     Document Type: Article

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