HLA-DR4 allele frequencies on Indian and mestizo population from Mexico

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-344

  Vargas Alarcón, Gilberto ^a   Gamboa, Ricardo ^a   Zuñiga, Joaquin ^b   Hernández Pacheco, Guadalupe ^a   Ramos Kuri, Manuel ^c   Castillo, Erika ^a   Gómez Casado, Eduardo ^d   Martínez Laso, Jorge ^d   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^d   Granados, Julio ^b  

^a Physiol Dept (GVA RG GHP   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c MRK) Escla Med Univ P   (Mexico)

^d Hosp Univ 12 O   (Spain)

Author keywords

DR4 alleles; Major histocompatibility complex (MHC); Mazatecans; Mexican populations; Nahuas; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEXICO; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO;

EID: 0033995507     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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