Article
Linkage disequilibrium of HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4 with HLA-B alleles in Mexican patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Avila-Portillo L M, Vargas-Alarcón G, Andrade F, Alarcón-Segovia D, Granados J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We studied the gene frequencies of classes I, II and III antigens of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) in 32 Mexican mestizo patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compared them with those obtained from 110 of their first degree relatives and 100 Mexican mestizo controls. Furthermore, we analyzed the observed and expected frequencies of the haplotypes and calculated the delta values in...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
