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Immunogenetics of systemic lupus erythematosus in Spanish patients: differential HLA markers.
Immunobiology - 1 Aug 1991
Gómez-Reino J J, Martínez-Laso J, Vicario J L, Paz-Artal E, Aragón A, Martín-Villa J M, De Juan M D, Pérez-Aciego P, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
HLA-DR3 antigen included in the compound phenotype B18BfF1 (but not the one linked to the B8BfS compound phenotype) was found to be significantly increased in our SLE patients. It is remarkable that in our Southern-Mediterranean population, B18BfF1DR3 individuals (but not B8BfSDR3) are prone to SLE with renal disease, in contrast with other Northern European and Caucasoid populations. Also, patients with...
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