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The novel HLA-DRB1*0807 allele is present in a Carib Amerindian population: the Yucpa.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 1997
Layrisse Z, Matos M, Montagnani S, Herrera F
Abstract excerpt
Nucleotide sequences of five novel HLA-DRB1*08 alleles have been recently reported but their frequency in different populations is still unknown. The presence of DRB1*08 variants among Carib-speaking Yucpa Amerindians of the Perijá Range in the border between Colombia and Venezuela was tested by PCR-DNA typing. DRB1*0807 was the only DRB1*08 variant found in this population with a frequency of 0.1250. Until very...
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