HLA in the Azores Archipelago: Possible presence of Mongoloid genes

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-359

  Bruges Armas, J ^c   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Martins, B ^b   Allende, L ^a   Gomez Casado, E ^a   Longas, J ^a   Varela, P ^a   Gonzalez Granado, M ^c   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Universidade Complutense ^*

Author keywords

Amerindians; Azores; Columbus; HLA; Mongoloids; Portuguese

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MONGOLOID RACE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZORES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PORTUGAL;

EID: 0032824817     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540404.x     Document Type: Article

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