Analysis of the distribution of HLA-B alleles in populations from five continents

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 645-650

  Williams, F ^a   Meenagh, A ^a   Darke, C ^b   Acosta, A ^c   Daar, A S ^d   Gorodezky, C ^e   Hammond, M ^f   Nascimento, E ^g   Middleton, D ^a,h,i  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^c FINLAY INSTITUTE   (Cuba)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Natal Institute of Immunology   (South Africa)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA typing; High resolution; HLA B; SSO

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ALLELES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034987313     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00247-6     Document Type: Article

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