HLA-A-B-C-DRB1-DQB1 phased haplotypes in 124 Nigerian families indicate extreme HLA diversity and low linkage disequilibrium in Central-West Africa-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

HLA-A-B-C-DRB1-DQB1 phased haplotypes in 124 Nigerian families indicate extreme HLA diversity and low linkage disequilibrium in Central-West Africa

Published:2015-08-24 Issue:4 Volume:86 Page:285-292
ISSN:0001-2815
Container-title:Tissue Antigens
language:en
Short-container-title:Tissue Antigens

Author:

Testi M.¹,Battarra M.¹,Lucarelli G.²,Isgro A.²,Morrone A.²,Akinyanju O.³,Wakama T.⁴,Nunes J. M.⁵,Andreani M.¹,Sanchez-Mazas A.⁵

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology, IME Foundation; Policlinic of the University of Tor Vergata; Rome Italy

2. International Center for Transplantation in Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia, IME Foundation; Policlinic of the University of Tor Vergata; Rome Italy

3. Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria; Lagos Nigeria

4. National Hospital; Abuja Nigeria

5. Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution-Anthropology Unit; University of Geneva; Geneva Switzerland

Funder

Swiss National Foundation

IME Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Genetics,Biochemistry,Immunology,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/tan.12642/fullpdf

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