Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, and -Cw polymorphism in a Berber population from North Morocco using sequence-based typing

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-172

  Piancatelli, D ^a   Canossi, A ^a   Aureli, A ^a   Oumhani, K ^b   Del Beato, T ^a   Di Rocco, M ^a   Liberatore, G ^a   Tessitore, A ^c   Witter, K ^d   El Aouad, R ^b   Adorno, D ^a,e  

^a CNR Ist Trapianti d'Organo l'I   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e C N R Ist Trapianti d'O   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; HLA class I; HLA Cw; Metalsa; Morocco; Population; Sequence based typing

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA CW ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1642523737     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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