HLA genes in Southern Tunisians (Ghannouch area) and their relationship with other Mediterraneans.

@article{Hajjej2006HLAGI,  title={HLA genes in Southern Tunisians (Ghannouch area) and their relationship with other Mediterraneans.},  author={Abdelhafidh Hajjej and Slama Hmida and Houda K{\^a}abi and Amel Dridi and Afef Jridi and A El Gaa l ed and Kamel Boukef},  journal={European journal of medical genetics},  year={2006},  volume={49 1},  pages={          43-56        },  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:38989276}}

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