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Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors genotypes in the Lebanese population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2006
Mahfouz R, Rayes R, Mahfoud Z, Bazarbachi A, Zaatari G
Abstract excerpt
This study represents the first report on the distribution of 16 Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) genes in 120 unrelated healthy Lebanese individuals. We observed that 2DL2 frequency (61%) comes second highest after South Asians (64%) and 2DL5 frequency (58.3%) is the second highest reported so far after the South Asians (74%). Interestingly, a large number of AA1 genotype individuals with no loci...
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