Inhibitory and activatory KIR gene frequencies in the Polish population

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Luszczek W ^a   Majorczyk, E ^a   Nowak, I ^a   Pawlik, A ^b   Jasek, M ^a   Wisniewski A ^a   Kusnierczyk P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c University of Jan D ugosz   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KIR1D GENE; KIR2DL1 GENE; KIR2DL2 GENE; KIR2DL3 GENE; KIR2DS1 GENE; KIR2DS2 GENE; KIR2DS3 GENE; KIR2DS4 GENE; KIR2DS5 GENE; KIR3DL1 GENE; KIR3DS1 GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 33646886114     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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