Article
HLA antigens in Malay patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lupus - 1 Oct 1994
Kong N C, Nasruruddin B A, Murad S, Ong K J, Sukumaran K D
Abstract excerpt
Many studies have shown an association between human leucocyte antigens (HLA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the various study populations. Although SLE is not an uncommon disease in the Malaysian Archipelago, and appears to affect all three major racial groups equally (i.e. Southern Chinese, Malays and Southern Indians), very little information is available on the HLA profiles in the two latter...
Topics
- Asian People
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Malaysia
- Phenotype