Article
Major histocompatibility complex extended haplotypes in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Welch T R, Beischel L S, Balakrishnan K, Quinlan M, West C D
Abstract excerpt
In a study of 32 white patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from 28 families, 60 unique chromosome 6 haplotypes were defined. The MHC extended haplotype HLA-B8, -DR3, SC01, GL02 was strongly disease-associated (0.09 patients, 0.02 controls, RR = 4.5, C.I. = 1.6-12.4, P less than 0.05), whil...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Complement C4
- Complement C4a
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Haplotypes
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Middle Aged
