HLA B27 polymorphism in Western India

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 98-101

  Shankarkumar, U ^a,b   Ghosh, K ^a   Mohanty, D ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

B*2708; B*2714; HLA B27 alleles; Polymorphism; Western India

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST;

ALLELES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INDIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0036660530     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600115.x     Document Type: Article

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