title: HLA frequencies in Basques in Spain and in neighbouring populations.
abstract: HLA antigen and gene frequencies at the A, B, and C loci are examined in a sample of 181 Basques and 102 non-Basques in Bilbao, Spain. The most common associations of genes at the A and B loci are as in western Europe generally. The results are compared with gene frequencies in other Basque and non-Basque samples in Spain and France. There is clear distinction in gene frequency between Basques and non-Basques, to which the greatest contribution is made by A1 and B35, followed by B7, B8 and B12; and a difference between Basques in France and in Spain, notably in A28, 29, 30 and 31 and B17 and 18.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Animal y Genetica, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calderon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wentzel
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000502:physiology; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens