HLA genes in Afro-American Colombians (San Basilio de Palenque): The first free Africans in America

Open Immunology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^a,e   Reguera, Raquel ^a   Parga Lozano, Carlos ^b   Abd El Fatah Khalil, Sedeka ^c   Monleon, Luis ^c   Barbolla, Luz ^c   Gomez Prieto, Pablo ^a   Martínez Laso, Jorge ^a   Silvera, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL SINÚ   (Colombia)

^c Madrid Regional Blood Center   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

^e Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afro Americans; Bantu Spanish Creole; Colombia; Creole; First free Afro Americans; Genetic epidemiology; HLA; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HLA GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LANGUAGE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953400447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874226200902010059     Document Type: Article

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