Origin of Mexican Nahuas (Aztecs) according to HLA genes and their relationships with worldwide populations

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 747-755

  Vargas Alarcon, Gilberto ^a   Moscoso, Juan ^b   Martinez Laso, Jorge ^b   Rodriguez Perez, Jose Manuel ^a   Flores Dominguez, Carmina ^a   Serrano Vela, Juan Ignacio ^b   Moreno, Almudena ^b   Granados, Julio ^c   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Aztecs; HLA; Mexicas; Mexico; Nahua

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33748809224     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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