Distribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles in argentinean patients with chagas' disease cardiomyopathy

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 268-275

  Borrs, Silvia Garca ^a   Racca, Liliana ^a   Cotorruelo, Carlos ^a   Biondi, Claudia ^a   Beloscar, Juan ^a   Racca, Amelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas' disease; DRB1 alleles

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALLELES; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70350625017     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820130902766589     Document Type: Article

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