HLA alleles in isolated populations from north Spain: Origin of the basques and the ancient Iberians

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 384-392

  Sanchez Velasco, P ^b   Gomez Casado, E ^a   Martinez Laso, J ^a   Moscoso, J ^a   Zamora, J ^a   Lowy, E ^a   Silvera, C ^a   Cemborain, A ^b   Leyva Cobian F ^b   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algerians; Basques; Berbers; Cabuernigos; Cantabrians; Iberians; Moroccans; North Africans; Pasiegos; Spaniards

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ALLELES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

EID: 0037515730     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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