Article
DNA typing of HLA class II genes in Japanese patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Oct 1995
Nishi H, Koga Y, Koyanagi T, Harada H, Imaizumi T, Toshima H, Sasazuki T, Kimura A
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II genes (DRB, DQA, DQB, DPA, and DPB) were typed at the DNA level using polymerase chain reaction/sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe analysis in 78 unrelated patients with DCM and 336 unrelated healthy controls to elucidate the HLA alleles or HLA haplotypes associated with DCM. Th...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- DNA
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-D Antigens