HLA analysis of Sri Lankan Sinhalese predicts North Indian origin

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-315

  Malavige, G N ^a,c   Rostron, T ^a   Seneviratne, S L ^b   Fernando, S ^c   Sivayogan, S ^c   Wijewickrama, A ^d   Ogg, G S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^d Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34548529436     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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