Article
Association of HLA-DR5 (DR11) with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) in Mexican patients.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Ibañez de Kasep G, Alcocer-Varela J, Alarcón-Segovia D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) haplotypes and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Mexican mestizo patients. METHODS: Class I, II and III MHC antigens were determined in 41 Mexican mestizo patients with SSc, 113 of their first degree relatives, and 85 et...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR5 Antigen
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Mexico
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Phenotype
- Scleroderma, Systemic
