Searching for HLA-DRB1*1206 in volunteer marrow donors in four US population groups

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-441

  Lazaro, A M ^a   Steiner, N K ^a   Cao, K ^a   Slack, R ^a   Chen, D S ^a   Xiao, Y ^a   Beduhn, E ^b   Ng, J ^a   Hartzman, R J ^c   Hurley, C K ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; HLA DRB1*12

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BONE MARROW; DNA SEQUENCE; DONOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750724427     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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