Article
HLA alleles in the population of Cartagena (Colombia).
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 1992
Caraballo L R, Marrugo J, Erlich H, Pastorizo M
Abstract excerpt
It is known from historical records that the population of Cartagena (Colombia) is a mixture of caucasoids (Spaniards) and negroids (Africans) that is named mulattos. The present study was carried out to determine the distribution of HLA antigens in this population. A sample of 370 individuals was HLA serologically typed; 91 of them were typed for Complement alleles and 47 were DNA typed using PCR amplification...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Black People
- Colombia
- DNA
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
