HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 allele frequencies in Cyrenaica population (Libya) and genetic relationships with other populations

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-59

  Galgani, Andrea ^a   Mancino, Giorgio ^b   Martínez Labarga, Cristina ^a   Cicconi, Rosella ^a   Mattei, Maurizio ^a   Amicosante, Massimo ^a   Bonanno, Cesira T ^c   Di Sano, Caterina ^d   Gimil, Giuma Salem ^e   Salerno, Alfredo ^c   Colizzi, Vittorio ^a   Montesano, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Hematology Department of Tripoli Medical Center   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBYA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870903947     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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