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HLA haplotype in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus triggered by hepatitis B vaccine.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Aug 2010
Santoro D, Vita G, Vita R, Mallamace A, Savica V, Bellinghieri G, Benvenga S, Gangemi S
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Find an association between hepatitis B vaccine-related systemic lupus erythematosus and HLA. MATERIAL: A 27-year-old woman who developed a lupus nephritis after the administration of hepatitis B vaccine. METHODS: We studied HLA antigen expression on lymphocytes and genomic haplotype. Class I-II HLA antigen typing was performed by the microlymphocytotoxicity test with the standard NIH method, and Class I-II...
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