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Association of specific HLA phenotypes with left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensives.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2001
Diamantopoulos E J, Andreadis E A, Vassilopoulos C V, Vlachonikolis I G, Tarassi K E, Chatzis N A, Giannakopoulos N S, Papasteriades C A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the expression of certain HLA antigens may constitute a risk marker for cardiovascular hypertrophy in subjects with arterial hypertension. We examined 158 subjects with newly diagnosed arterial hypertension. HLA class I (-A, -B, -Cw) and class II (-DR, -DQ) antigens were studied by two-step microlymphocytotoxic technique in peripheral T and B...
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