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HLA polymorphism of the Zhuang population reflects the common HLA characteristics among Zhuang-Dong language-speaking populations.
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B - 1 Jun 2011
Shi Li, Huang Xiao-qin, Shi Lei, Tao Yu-fen, Yao Yu-feng, Yu Liang, Lin Ke-qin, Yi Wen, Sun Hao, Tokunaga Katsushi, Chu Jia-you
Abstract excerpt
A study of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genetic characteristics in the Zhuang, the largest ethnic population in China, would provide insight into Zhuang history and give a useful tool for disease associations, transplantation, and anthropology. In the present study, we report the comprehensive HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DRB1 alleles and haplotypes in the Zhuang population of southern China for the first...
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