HLA class I variation in the West African Pygmies and their genetic relationship with other African populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Bruges Armas, J ^a   Destro Bisol, G ^b   Lopez Vazquez A ^c   Couto, A R ^a   Spedini, G ^b   Gonzalez, S ^c   Battaggia, C ^b   Peixoto, M J ^a   Martinez Borra, J ^c   López Larrea, Carlos ^c  

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

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

African populations; Bakola; Ethnic groups; HLA class I; Mbenzele; Pygmies

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 10744225038     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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