Article
HLA typing of Takayasu arteritis in Korea.
Heart and vessels. Supplement - 1 Jan 1992
Park M H, Park Y B
Abstract excerpt
Takayasu arteritis occurs with a strong predilection for women and particular geographic areas, and as related to the etiology of the disease, association of HLA antigens has been suggested. In the present study, the authors investigated the association of Takayasu arteritis with class I and class II HLA antigens in 59 Korean patients with this disease. Increased frequencies of HLA-Bw52 (chi 2 6.213, P < 0.02),...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Korea
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype