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Distribution of HLA-B alleles in Mexican Amerindian populations.
Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2003
Vargas-Alarcón Gilberto, Hernández-Pacheco Guadalupe, Zuñiga Joaquín, Rodríguez-Pérez José Manuel, Pérez-Hernández Nonanzit, Rangel Carlos, Villarreal-Garza Cynthia, Martínez-Laso Jorge, Granados Julio, Arnaiz-Villena Antonio
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we analyzed by PCR-SSO technique the HLA-B gene frequencies in 281 healthy individuals from four Mexican Amerindian populations (66 Mayos, 90 Mazatecans, 72 Nahuas and 53 Teenek). The most frequent alleles in all studied populations were HLA-B35, HLA-B39, and HLA-B40; however, some differences were observed between populations. The HLA-B35 allele was the most frequent in three of the four...
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