The heterogeneous HLA genetic makeup of the Swiss population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Buhler, Stéphane ^a   Nunes, José Manuel ^a   Nicoloso, Grazia ^b   Tiercy, Jean Marie ^c   Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Foundation Swiss Blood Stem Cells   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA GENE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; ORGAN DONOR; POPULATION GENETICS; SWISS; SWITZERLAND;

FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84864360313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041400     Document Type: Article

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