[HLA genotyping: indications and limits].

doi:10.1016/s1246-7820(98)80106-7

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[HLA genotyping: indications and limits].

Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine - 1 Feb 1998

Tongio M M, Dormoy A

Abstract excerpt

The polymorphism of the class I (HLA-A, B, C) and class II (HLA-DR, DQ, DP) antigens was for a long time investigated using serological methods. Today molecular biology methods are available to define the numerous HLA alleles by genotyping [(82 HLA-A alleles, 174 HLA-B, 38 HLA-C, 166 HLA-DRB1, 27...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
Genotype
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic

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