Article
HLA associations and Löfgren's syndrome.
Expert review of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2012
Grunewald Johan
Abstract excerpt
Patients with sarcoidosis can be subgrouped according to organ engagement and clinical manifestations. One such subgroup is Löfgren's syndrome (LS), constituting a distinct group of sarcoidosis patients with typical clinical manifestations, separate genetic associations and an immune response that seems to differ from that of non-LS patients. In particular, LS patients have strong associations with HLA-DRB1...
Topics
- Alleles
- Genetic Markers
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Humans
- Sarcoidosis