Article
HLA-DP antigens and post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Aug 1996
Mori K, Sasazuki T, Kimura A, Ito Y
Abstract excerpt
We have typed 58 Japanese patients with post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN) for HLA-DRB1, DQA1, DQB1, DPA1, and DPB1 genes by the HLA-DNA typing method using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-sequence specific oligonucleotide probe (SSOP) technique. The control subjects were 317 healthy unrelated individuals. Frequencies of HLA-DPA1 02022 and DPB1 0501, which are in linkage disequilibrium and...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Genotype
- Glomerulonephritis
- HLA-DP Antigens
- Humans
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pyogenes
