HLA class I and II profiles in so Miguel Island (Azores): Genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium

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Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pacheco, Paula R ^a,b   Branco, Claudia C ^a,b   Gomes, Cidália T ^a   Cabral, Rita ^a,b   Mota Vieira, Luisa ^a,b  

^a Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

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EID: 77953497699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-134     Document Type: Article

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