Correlation between genetic HLA class i and II polymorphisms and anthropological aspects in the Chaouya population from Morocco (Arabic speaking)

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-193

  Canossi, A ^a   Piancatelli, D ^a   Aureli, A ^a   Oumhani, K ^b   Ozzella, G ^c   Del Beato, T ^a   Liberatore, G ^a   El Aouad, R ^b   Adorno, D ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

anthropological study; human leukocyte antigen class I and II alleles; human leukocyte antigen molecular typing; Morocco; sequence based typing; transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALLELES; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77955151881     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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