HLA-A, -B, -DRB1 allele frequencies and haplotypic association from DNA typing data of 7096 Korean cord blood units

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-173

  Yoon, J H ^a,b   Shin, S ^a,b   Park, M H ^a   Song, E Y ^a   Roh, E Y ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Metropolitan Public Cord Blood Bank   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B; DRB1; Cord blood unit; Haplotype frequency; Human leukocyte antigen A; Korean

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FETAL BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KOREA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 73949125048     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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