Polymorphism and distribution of HLA-DR2 alleles and haplotypes in a Greek population.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02279.x

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Polymorphism and distribution of HLA-DR2 alleles and haplotypes in a Greek population.

Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 1998

Constantinidou N, Chaidaroglou A, Van den Berg-Loonen E M, Koniavitou K

Abstract excerpt

HLA-DR2 serological subtyping has indicated that the DR16 serotype appears at a higher frequency relative to the DR15 serotype in the Greek population, differing from the distribution observed in most other Caucasian groups. In this study, we have analyzed by the PCR-SSP technique a DR2-positive...

Topics

Alleles
Greece
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DR2 Antigen
HLA-DRB1 Chains
HLA-DRB5 Chains
Haplotypes
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic

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