HLA polymorphism in a Majorcan population of Jewish descent: Comparison with Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza (Balearic Islands) and other Jewish communities

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-291

  Crespi C ^a   Mila J ^a   Martinez Pomar N ^a   Etxagibel, A ^a   Munoz Saa I ^a   Priego, D ^a   Luque, A ^a   Pons, J ^a   Picornell, A ^b   Ramon, M ^b   Castro, J A ^b   Matamoros, N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic population; DNA typing; HLA polymorphism; Population genetics; Sephardi Jews

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY CARE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IBIZA ISLAND; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JEW; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJORCA ISLAND; MINORCA ISLAND; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JEWS; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0036819178     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600402.x     Document Type: Article

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