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A new allele, HLA-B*1555, identified in an African patient awaiting bone marrow transplantation.
Tissue antigens - 1 May 2000
Hoddinott M A, Cox S T, McWhinnie A J, Marsh S G, Ogilvie H, Madrigal J A, Little A M
Abstract excerpt
Human HLA genes exhibit extreme polymorphism, the extent of which is emphasised by the identification of an ever increasing number of new alleles by DNA-based typing strategies. Here we describe a novel allele, belonging to the HLA-B*15 group, which was identified in an African patient awaiting a bone marrow transplant This individual was shown to exhibit two HLA-B alleles, B*5301 and a new allele which has been...
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