Geographic patterns of functional categories of HLA-DRB1 alleles: A new approach to analyse associations between HLA-DRB1 and disease

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 361-374

  Gibert, M ^a,b,d   Sanchez Mazas, A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 0242362643     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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