Article
HLA class II specificities in vasculitis with antibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 1992
Spencer S J, Burns A, Gaskin G, Pusey C D, Rees A J
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II genes were examined in patients with small vessel vasculitis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) using restriction fragment length polymorphism and allele specific oligonucleotide typing. Fifty-nine patients were studied, 34 with Wegener's granulomatosis and...
Topics
- Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantibodies
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers
- Epitopes
- Female
- Genotype
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Probes
