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HLA-B35 association with nephritis in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 2002
Amoli Mahsa M, Thomson Wendy, Hajeer Ali H, Calviño Maria C, Garcia-Porrua Carlos, Ollier William E R, Gonzalez-Gay Miguel A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the implications of the HLA-B locus in the susceptibility to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) and determine if there are associations with renal and gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of the disease. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed on an unselected population of patients with HSP from Northwest Spain. Forty-eight Caucasian patients (24 women), 11 of them older than 20 years,...
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