HLA class I and II polymorphisms in Azores show different settlements in Oriental and Central islands

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Spinola H ^a   Brehm, António ^a   Bettencourt, B ^b   Middleton, D ^c   Bruges Armas, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

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

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azores; HLA class I; HLA class II; HLA polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ASIA; AZORES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 24144435323     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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