HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in an African American population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-85

  Tu, B ^a   MacK, S J ^b,c   Lazaro, A ^a   Lancaster, A ^d   Thomson, G ^d   Cao, K ^a   Chen, M ^a   Ling, G ^a   Hartzman, R ^e   Ng, J ^a   Hurley, C K ^a,f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Population study

Indexed keywords

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

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 33845914334     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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