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HLA class II antigens associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in black South Africans.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Aug 1995
Rudwaleit M, Tikly M, Gibson K, Pile K, Wordsworth P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations of HLA class II antigens with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in black South Africans. METHODS: HLA-DRB1 genotype frequencies assigned by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequence specific oligonucleotide probes were compared between 49 black SLE patients from Baragwanath Hospital and 87 ethnically matched controls. HLA-DQA1 and -DQB1 genotypes were also...
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