The frequency of HLA alleles in a population of Inuit women of northern Quebec

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Metcalfe, Stephanie ^a   Roger, Michel ^b   Faucher, Marie Claude ^b   Coutlée, François ^a,b   Franco, Eduardo L ^a   Brassard, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Human leukocyte antigen; Inuit; Nunavik

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B*07 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA-B*07 ANTIGEN; HLA-DQB1 ANTIGEN; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INUIT; MIDDLE AGED; NUNAVIK; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; INUIT; NUNAVIK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B7 ANTIGEN; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881285459     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21350     Document Type: Article

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