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HLA-DRB1* alleles in Egyptian children with post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2007
Bakr Ashraf, Mahmoud Lotfi Abdel-Naby, Al-Chenawi Farha, Salah Amany
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the association between HLA-DRB1* alleles and post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN) in Egyptian children, 32 unrelated patients with PSAGN and 380 healthy individuals from the same locality were typed for DRB1* alleles using the polymerase chain-reverse hybridization technique. Patients with PSAGN had significantly increased frequency of both DRB1* 03011 (46.9 vs. 19.2% in controls,...
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