Estimation of human leukocyte antigen class I and class II high-resolution allele and haplotype frequencies in the Italian population and comparison with other European populations

Human Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-404

  Rendine, Sabina ^a,b   Ferrero, Norma Maria ^a   Sacchi, Nicoletta ^c   Costa, Cristina ^c   Pollichieni, Simona ^c   Amoroso, Antonio ^a,b  

^a Transplant Immunology Service   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (IBMDR) EO Ospedali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alleles; Haplotypes; High resolution typing; HLA; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84859106558     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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