HLA antigen and haplotype frequencies in Greeks

C. Pachoula-Papasteriadis, W. Ollier, S. Cutbush, J. Economidou, H. Festenstein

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    Abstract

    A random panel of 189 healthy Greek subjects was HLA typed for A, B and DR antigens. The alleles of these loci were found to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Compared with other European Caucasoid populations, the frequencies of A9, B5, B18, B35, DR2 and DR5 were raised and that of B8 lowered. Significant linkage disequilibrium was found between a number of A/B, B/DR and A/DR antigen combinations. Some of the antigen associations usually seen in Caucasoid populations were also present in this sample (A1-B8-DR3, B14-DR1, B15-DR4) although others were missing (A3-B7-DR2, B35-DR1, B44-DR4). In addition, some antigen combinations have not been previously described. The most frequent two locus haplotypes in the Greek population are B8-DR3 and B18-DR5.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)488-490
    Number of pages2
    JournalTissue Antigens
    Volume33
    Issue number4
    Publication statusPublished - 1989

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