Development of PCR-SSOP for the identification of HLA-A(*)02 subtypes and determination of HLA-A(*)02 frequencies within different ethnic populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Williams, F ^a   Middleton, D ^a   Savage, D ^b,e   Gorodezky, C ^c   Wilson, D W L ^d   Fitzgerald, J M ^d   Urbaniak, S J ^d  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Department of Immunogenetics ^*  (Mexico)

^d Academic Transfusion Medicine Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA A(*)02; PCR SSOP; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; HLA A ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEXICO; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031051304     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02726.x     Document Type: Article

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