Article
HLA alleles in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Chinese medical journal - 1 May 2000
Li H, Yuan J, Hao H, Yan Z, Wang S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether genetic factors may work in concert with autoimmune factors in the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). METHODS: We determined the differences in the distribution of HLA alleles between GBS patients and normal controls. HLA-DQA, -DQB and -DRB alleles were typed by the sequence specific primer polymerase chain reaction (PCR-SSP) methods in 47 GBS, 7 patients with...
Topics
- Alleles
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Humans
