Linkage disequilibrium between S65C HFE mutation and HLA A29-B44 haplotype in Terceira Island, Azores

Human Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 625-628

  Couto, Ana Rita ^a   Peixoto, Maria José ^a   Garrett, Francisco ^a   Laranjeira, Francisco ^a   Cipriano, Tania ^a   Armas, Jácome Bruges ^a  

^a Hospital Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroesmo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Hemochromatosis; HLA; Linkage disequilibrium; S65C

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A29 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HFE GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0037782103     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(03)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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