[Molecular biological analysis of HLA class II gene in autoimmune hepatitis among Japanese].

Article

[Molecular biological analysis of HLA class II gene in autoimmune hepatitis among Japanese].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 1993

Seki T, Kiyosawa K, Ota M, Inoko H

Abstract excerpt

The frequencies of HLA B54, DR4, DR53 and DQ4 were significantly higher in patients with autoimmune hepatitis than in healthy controls. HLA-DR4 was most frequently associated with autoimmune hepatitis. To define the HLA class II gene which has the susceptibility or resistance to autoimmune hepati...

Topics

Asian People
Autoimmune Diseases
Genes, MHC Class II
Genotype
Hepatitis
Humans
Japan
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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