Article
Classic Pars Planitis: strong correlation of class II genes with gender and some clinical features in Mexican Mestizos.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2003
Alaez Carmen, Arellanes Lourdes, Vazquez Alejandra, Flores Hilario, Navarro Patricia, Vazquez-García Miriam, Gorodezky Clara
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was the investigation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes in Mexicans with classical Pars Planitis (CPP). Seventy-nine unrelated patients and 204 healthy controls were studied. HLA-A, -B, and -C typing was done on T cells isolated with immunomagnetic beads. HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, and -DQB1 loci were typed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes. The...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Male