HLA class II sequence-based typing in normal Saudi individuals

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-261

  Al Hussein, Khaled A ^a   Rama, N R ^a   Butt, A I ^a   Meyer, B ^a   Rozemuller, E ^b   Tilanus, M G J ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HLA; PCR SSP; SBT

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR10 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; HLA DR9 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; ARAB; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST;

ARABS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036760268     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600308.x     Document Type: Article

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