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The association of the HLA class II antigens with clinical and autoantibody expression in Malaysian Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Asian Pacific journal of allergy and immunology - 1 Jun 2001
Azizah M R, Ainoi S S, Kuak S H, Kong N C, Normaznah Y, Rahim M N
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of the HLA class II antigens/alleles (HLA-DR, DQ and DP) were studied in 70 Malaysian Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to examine the contribution of these genes to disease susceptibility, their clinical expression and Immunological responses. This was done using modified PCR-RFLP technique. These samples were then compared with 66 ethnically matched controls. We found a...
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