Associations between HLA class II alleles in a North Indian population.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03021.x

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Associations between HLA class II alleles in a North Indian population.

Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 1998

Rani R, Fernandez-Viña M A, Stastny P

Abstract excerpt

The HLA DR and DQ class II genes are in strong linkage disequilibrium and recombinaton is quite rare. However, many different DR-DQ haplotypes appear to have developed during evolution, giving rise to a variety of combinations with different distributions in populations. In the present report, 13...

Topics

Alleles
Gene Frequency
Genes, MHC Class II
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Haplotypes
Humans
India
Racial Groups

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