HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 allele and haplotype frequencies distinguish Eastern European Americans from the general European American population

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Mack, S J ^a   Tu, B ^b   Lazaro, A ^b   Yang, R ^b   Lancaster, A K ^c,d   Cao, K ^b   Ng, J ^b   Hurley, C K ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Eastern American; Eastern European; HLA; Linkage disequilibrium; Population study

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 58149123374     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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