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Strong association between HLA-Cw*0706 and HLA-B*44032 in the Bubi population from Equatorial Guinea.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2000
van der Vlies S A, Voorter C E, de Pablo R, Vilches C, van den Berg-Loonen E M
Abstract excerpt
Unrelated Bubi, native to the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), were previously typed by low-resolution polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) and serology for HLA-A, -B and -C. HLA-B*44 was found frequently and associated with Cw*07. We have studied the HLA subtypes of 20 B*44pos/Cw*07pos Bubi individuals. HLA-B and -C were typed by sequencing exons 2 and 3. To distinguish the...
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