Polymorphism of HLA class II genes in Berbers from Southern Tunisia

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 416-420

  Fadhlaoui Zid, K ^a   Buhler, S ^c   Dridi, A ^b   El Gaaied, A Benammar ^a   Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b National Blood Transfusion Center   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Berbers; HLA; Human genetic diversity; North Africa; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE POOL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALLELES; ARABS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUNISIA;

EID: 78649354465     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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