Microgeographic variation of HLA-A, -B, and -DR haplotype frequencies in Tuscany, Italy: Implications for recruitment of bone marrow donors

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 478-485

  Marroni, F ^a   Curcio, M ^b   Fornaciari, S ^b   Lapi, S ^b   Mariotti, M L ^b   Scatena, F ^b   Presciuttini, Silvano ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Center of Statistical Genetics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow donors; Haplotype frequency; HLA; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE FREQUENCY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THREE LOCUS HAPLOTYPE; TWO LOCUS HAPLOTYPE;

BONE MARROW; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 4744376316     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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