Preliminary analysis of a KIR haplotype estimation algorithm: A simulation study

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 96-100

  Gourraud, P A ^a,e   Gagne, K ^b   Bignon, J D ^b   Cambon Thomsen, A ^a   Middleton, D ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^c Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRELAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 34247178682     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.762_4.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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