Article
HLA-DR antigens in children with mumps meningitis.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 1992
Matej H, Kacprzak-Bergman I, Pacyńska J, Nowakowska B, Kałamarz M
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of HLA-DR antigens was studied in 54 patients with mumps meningitis, and in two control groups. The first control group comprised 333 randomly chosen subjects while the second group was composed of 46 subjects who have passed mumps without meningitis. The DR5 antigen was more frequent in patients than in the second control group with relative risk of 2.4 and significance at the level of p < 0.05....
Topics
- Child
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR5 Antigen
- Humans
- Meningitis, Aseptic
- Meningitis, Viral
- Mumps
- Phenotype
- Risk