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HLA, GM, KM, and Diego blood group typing of Chippewa Indians.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 1990
Lee T D, Zhao T M, Chow M P, Lee G
Abstract excerpt
This is the first report characterizing HLA antigen distribution in North American Indians of the Chippewa tribe. One hundred seventy-four Chippewa from Minnesota underwent HLA-A,B,C,DR, and DQ typing in a search for a single unrelated bone marrow donor. The high matching rate of this successful search is attributed to homozygosity and the extreme frequency of certain antigens in this small ethnic community. It...
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