Distribution of HLA-B alleles in Mexican Amerindian populations

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 756-760

  Vargas Alarcón, Gilberto ^a   Hernández Pacheco, Guadalupe ^a   Zuñiga, Joaquín ^b   Rodríguez Pérez, José Manuel ^a   Pérez Hernández, Nonanzit ^a   Rangel, Carlos ^a   Villarreal Garza, Cynthia ^c   Martínez Laso, Jorge ^d   Granados, Julio ^c   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alleles; Amerindian population; Human leukocyte antigen; Major histocompatibility complex; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA B35 GENE; HLA B39 GENE; HLA B40 GENE; HLA B51 GENE; HLA B52 GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HLAB GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 17144473535     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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