HLA class I polymorphism in the Cuban population

Human Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 918-927

  Ferrer, Annia ^a   Nazábal, Marcelo ^a   Companioni, Osmel ^a   Fernández de Cossío, Maria E ^a   Camacho, Hanlet ^a   Cintado, Alberto ^a   Benítez, Jesús ^a   Casalvilla, Racmar ^a   Sautié, Miguel ^b   Villareal, Adelaida ^a   Díaz, Tamara ^a   Marrero, Anisley ^a   Fernández de Cossío, Jorge ^a   Hodelin, Abel ^a   Leal, Lester ^a   Ballester, Laura ^c   Novoa, Lidia I ^a   Middleton, Derek ^d   Dueñas, Marta ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Center for Cybernetics Applied to Medicine   (Cuba)

^c Provincial Blood Bank of Havana   (Cuba)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Cuba; Haplotype frequency; HLA class I genes; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ALLELES; CUBA; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 36849020512     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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