HLA-class II genes in Mexican Amerindian Mayas: Relatedness with Guatemalan Mayans and other populations

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Vargas Alarcón, Gilberto ^a   Granados, Julio ^b   Pérez Hernndez, Nonanzit ^a   Rodríguez Pérez, José Manuel ^a   Canto Cetina, Thelma ^c   Coral Vázquez, Ramn Mauricio ^d,e   Areces, Cristina ^f   Gómez Prieto, Pablo ^f   Arnaiz Villena, Antonio ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Guatemalans; HLA alleles; Mayans; Mexicans; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

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

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAYAN; MAYOS; MAZATECAN; MEXICO; NAHUAS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TEENEK;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GUATEMALA; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; PEDIGREE;

EID: 78650055343     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2010.517588     Document Type: Article

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