A study of HLA-G polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium in renal transplant patients and their donors

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-149

  Pirri, Alessandro ^a   Contieri, Fabiana C ^b   Benvenutti, Ricardo ^b   Bicalho, Maria da Graça ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO EVANGÉLICO DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HLA A; HLA DR; HLA G; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549099667     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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