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Susceptibility to vesicoureteral reflux in Japanese is linked to HLA-DR antigen.
Urology - 1 Dec 2001
Kawauchi A, Takahara S, Sada M, Goto R, Nakatani T, Miki T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether vesicoureteral reflux is associated with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. METHODS: We evaluated 40 Japanese patients (27 males and 13 females) with reflux. HLA-DR low-resolution genotyping and high-resolution typing of HLA-DRB1 alleles were performed. The frequencies of the HLAs and alleles were calculated and compared with those previously reported in 493 healthy...
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