Article
Immunogenetic study of the response to streptococcal carbohydrate antigen of the cell wall in rheumatic fever.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Sept 1990
Hafez M, Abdalla A, el-Shennawy F, al-Tonbary Y, Sheaishaa A, el-Morsi Z, Tawfik S, Settien A, Abou el-Khair M
Abstract excerpt
An immunogenetic study of the response to streptococcal carbohydrate antigen of the cell wall was carried out on members of 15 multiplex families each having more than one sib affected with rheumatic heart disease. They comprised 30 parents and 61 sibs (32 with rheumatic disease and 29 without). Fifty healthy unrelated subjects served as controls. A history was taken and clinical examination carried out....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lod Score