HLA class II genetic diversity in Arabs and Jews of Iran

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Farjadian, Shirin ^a   Ghaderi, Abbas ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arabs; HLA polymorphism; Iran; Jews

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRAN; JEW; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 34250854020     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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