Histocompatibility antigens in Omanis: Comparison with other Gulf populations and implications for disease association

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-196

  White, Arthur G ^a,b   Leheny, William ^a   Kuchipudi, Padmavathi ^a   Varghese, Mathew ^a   Al Riyami, Hamad ^a   Al Hashmi, Sulieman ^a   Daar, Abdallah S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Scottish Home Hlth Dept   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; HLA; Omanis

Indexed keywords

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KUWAIT; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033399538     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.193     Document Type: Article

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