Article
HLA and autoimmunity in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis).
International reviews of immunology - 1 Jan 1995
Arnett F C
Abstract excerpt
Scleroderma or systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been associated with certain class II antigens of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), including HLA-DR1, DR2, DR3, DR5, and DR52. In general, these earlier HLA correlations were weak and varied considerably among reporting centers and different...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Centromere
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
- Gene Frequency
- HLA-D Antigens
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Proteins
- Pedigree
- Ribonucleoproteins
- Scleroderma, Systemic