An Examination of HLA Frequencies in Three Age Groups
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tissue Antigens
- Vol. 10 (1), 49-55
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0039.1977.tb00751.x
Abstract
The question as to whether the distribution of HL-A antigens differs between old and young persons has been studied in only a few population groups. There are observations showing an increase of heterozygosity of the HL-A system which indicate an advantage of heterozygosity for survival, but other studies fail to confirm this finding. Since the present authors, in a study of HL-A gene frequencies on 5 small Danish islands, had previously found a tendency to a changed frequency of certain HL-A types among the oldest persons, it was decided to examine this question by typing larger numbers of persons of different age groups.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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