HLA class II DNA polymorphism in a Moroccan population from the Souss, Agadir area

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-110

  Izaabel, H ^a,b   Garchon, H J ^b   Caillat Zucman, S ^b   Beaurain, G ^b   Akhayat, O ^a   Bach, J F ^b   Sanchez Mazas, A ^c  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropology; HLA class II; Morocco; North Africa; PCR SSO; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031974260     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02954.x     Document Type: Article

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