HLA class II gene polymorphism in Parsees and Zoroastrians of Iran

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-191

  Farjadian, S ^a   Moqadam, F A ^a   Ghaderi, A ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRAN; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; IRAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33646863889     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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