Four-locus high-resolution HLA typing in a sample of Mexican Americans

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-513

  Klitz, W ^a,b   Gragert, L ^c   Maiers, M ^c   Tu, B ^d   Lazaro, A ^d   Yang, R ^d   Xu, Q ^d   Masaberg, C ^d   Ng, J ^d   Hurley, C K ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haplotype frequency; Mexican American; Native American

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAPLOTYPE; HISPANIC; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 70449334561     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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