HLA class II profile and distribution of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 allelles and haplotypes among Lebanese and Bahraini Arabs

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 770-774

  Almawi, Wassim Y ^a   Busson, Marc ^b   Tamim, Hala ^c   Al Harbi, Einas M ^a   Finan, Ramzi R ^d   Wakim Ghorayeb, Saria F ^d   Motala, Ayesha A ^e  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d St Georges University Hospital   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARAB; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LEBANON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ARABS; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 3242656420     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.4.770-774.2004     Document Type: Article

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