HLA-DRB1 polymorphism on Ha'ano island of the Kingdom of Tonga

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Ohashi, Jun ^a   Naka, Izumi ^a   Kimura, Ryosuke ^a   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^a   Nakazawa, Minato ^b   Ataka, Yuji ^c   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^d   Inaoka, Tsukasa ^e   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ha'ano Island; HLA DRB1; Polynesian; TNFR2 196M R; Tonga

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845724797     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.050907     Document Type: Article

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