HLA polymorphisms in Italian bone marrow donors: A regional analysis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-146

  Rendine, S ^a,c   Borelli, I ^a   Barbanti, M ^b   Sacchi, N ^b   Roggero, S ^a   Curtoni, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Genet   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow donors; Gene frequency; Haplotype frequency; HLA; Italian regions; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; SAMPLE;

EID: 0031854728     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02277.x     Document Type: Article

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