HLA-DR and -DQ polymorphism in Cameroon

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Pimtanothai, N ^a   Hurley, C K ^a   Leke, R ^b   Klitz, W ^c   Johnson, A H ^a,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; HLA haplotype; HLA DR, DQ; PCR SSOP; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; CAMEROON; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0034798936     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580101.x     Document Type: Article

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