Article
Clinical correlations with HLA type in Japanese patients with connective tissue disease and anti-U1 small nuclear RNP antibodies.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jun 1996
Kuwana M, Okano Y, Kaburaki J, Inoko H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the roles of HLA genes in the clinical presentation of patients with connective tissue disease and serum anti-U1 small nuclear RNP antibody. METHODS: HLA class I antigens and HLA class II alleles were determined in 43 Japanese patients with anti-U1 RNP antibody alone, by m...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Antibodies
- Child
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear
- Statistics as Topic