Hardy-Weinberg testing for HLA class II (DRB1, DQA1, DQB1, AND DPB1) loci in 26 human ethnic groups

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-542

  Chen, John J ^a   Hollenbach, J A ^b   Trachtenberg, E A ^c   Just, J J ^d   Carrington, M ^e   Ronningen K S ^f   Begovich, A ^g   King, M C ^h   McWeeney, S ^b   Mack, S J ^c   Erlich, H A ^g   Thomson, G ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact test; Hardy Weinberg proportions; HLA; Individual test; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0033372492     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540601.x     Document Type: Article

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