Article
Genetic background of Japanese patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: association of HLA-DRB1*0901 with microscopic polyangiitis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jul 2003
Tsuchiya Naoyuki, Kobayashi Shigeto, Kawasaki Aya, Kyogoku Chieko, Arimura Yoshihiro, Yoshida Masaharu, Tokunaga Katsushi, Hashimoto Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine association of 8 candidate genes with susceptibility to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in Japanese patients. Little is known on the genetic background of AAV in Japanese patients mainly because of the difficulty in collecting a sufficient number of samples for the genetics study. METHODS: Sixty-nine patients, including 50 with microscopic polyangiitis...
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