HLA-A, -B, -DR and -DQ allele and haplotype frequencies in the Moroccan population: a general population study

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 346-352

  Brick, C ^a   Bennani, N ^a   Atouf, O ^a   Essakalli, M ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ethnic diversity; HLA class I and II; Moroccans; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A1 ANTIGEN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA A3 ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ3 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ6 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR13 ANTIGEN; HLA DR15 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; JEW; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD DONORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33947694611     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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