Norwegian Sami differs significantly from other Norwegians according to their HLA profile

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Harbo, H F ^a,b   Riccio, M E ^c   Lorentzen, A R ^b,d   Utsi, E ^e   Myhr, K M ^f,g   Mellgren, S I ^h,i   Flam S T ^d   Thorsby, E ^d   Sanchez Mazas, A ^c   Lie, B A ^d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Karasjok Heart Center   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Human leukocyte antigen; Norwegian; Population genetics; Sami

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 76249122265     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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