Article
HLA class 2 genes in Singaporean Chinese rheumatoid arthritis.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 1994
Chan S H, Lin Y N, Wee G B, Koh W H, Boey M L
Abstract excerpt
This study analysed HLA class 1 and 2 allele associations in Singaporean Chinese patients with RA. Seventy patients (ARA definite or classical) and 80 controls were typed for HLA class 1 alleles by serology and class 2 alleles by serology and the PCR/SSO method. RA patients had higher frequencies...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Child
- China
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-DQ Antigens