Article
HLA class II analysis in Jewish Israeli narcoleptic patients.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 1995
Kwon O J, Peled N, Miller K, Pillar G, Peled R, Lavie P, Brautbar C, Amar A
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II was investigated in eight Jewish narcoleptic patients, representing the total of such patients known in Israel at present, and in three patients suffering from sleep disturbances other than narcolepsy. All (11 out of 11) patients carried the serologic specificities DR2, DQ6 (DQ1). At the DNA level, all narcoleptics were found to be DRB1*1501, DQA1*0102, DQB1*0602 which indicates that the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Disorders of Excessive Somnolence
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- HLA-D Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR2 Antigen
- Humans
- Israel
- Jews
- Narcolepsy
