HLA Class I and Class II Alleles and Haplotypes Confirm the Berber Origin of the Present Day Tunisian Population

• Abdelhafidh Hajjej ,

  * E-mail: hajjejj@yahoo.fr

  Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, National Blood Transfusion Center, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Wassim Y. Almawi,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

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• Lasmar Hattab,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Analysis, Regional Hospital of Gabes, Gabes, Tunisia

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• Amel El-Gaaied,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Biology, University of Tunis – El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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• Slama Hmida

  Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, National Blood Transfusion Center, Tunis, Tunisia

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