Patterns of linkage disequilibrium in the MHC region on human chromosome 6p

Human Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 377-385

  Stenzel, Annette ^a   Lu, Timothy ^a   Koch, W Andreas ^a   Hampe, Jochen ^a   Guenther, S M ^b   de la Vega, Francisco M ^c   Krawczak, Michael ^a   Schreiber, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Applied Biosystem   (Germany)

^c Applied Biosystems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542315614     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-003-1075-5     Document Type: Article

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