The Haplotype Structure of the Human Major Histocompatibility Complex

Human Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 73-84

  Alper, Chester A ^a,b   Larsen, Charles E ^a,b   Dubey, Devendra P ^a   Awdeh, Zuheir L ^a   Fici, Dolores A ^a   Yunis, Edmond J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

complex diseases; linkage disequilibrium; major histocompatibility complex; single nucleotide polymorphisms; susceptibility genes

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

EID: 33646358249     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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