HLA class II polymorphisms associated with the physiologic characteristics defined by traditional Chinese medicine: Linking modern genetics with an ancient medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Chen, Shangwu ^a   Lv, Fengjuan ^a   Gao, Jie ^a,b   Lin, Jianghai ^a   Liu, Zehuan ^a   Fu, Yonggui ^a   Liu, Yin ^a   Lin, Bin ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Ren, Xiangpeng ^a   Xu, Yunping ^a   Fan, Xinlan ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QI; YIN-YANG;

EID: 34047181109     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6126     Document Type: Article

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