A simple estimate of the general population frequency of the MHC susceptibility gene for autoimmune polygenic disease

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-147

  Alper, Chester A ^a,c   Dubey, Devendra P ^a   Yunis, Edmond J ^a,b,d   Awdeh, Zuheir ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department Of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Diabetes, type 1; MHC; Multiple sclerosis; Polygenic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PENETRANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0033910017     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019133     Document Type: Article

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