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Improved definition of human leukocyte antigen frequencies among minorities and applicability to estimates of transplant compatibility.
Transplantation - 15 Apr 2007
Leffell Mary S, Cherikh Wida S, Land Geoffrey, Zachary Andrea A
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BACKGROUND: HLA population data can be applied to estimates of waiting time and probabilities of donor compatibility. Registry data were used for derivation of HLA antigen and haplotype frequencies in a 1996 report. At that time there were several instances of significant deviation from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE). Because molecular typing has been increasingly used since 1996, analysis of recent donor...
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