Article
A study of the major histocompatibility complex in a Caucasian family with multiple cases of systemic lupus erythematosus: association with the C4AQ0 phenotype.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 1995
Steinsson K, Arnason A, Erlendsson K, Fossdal R, Skaftadóttir I, Jónsdóttir S, Fjalarson M, Thorsteinsson J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In an epidemiological survey of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Iceland several families with multiple cases were identified. In one family, 35 individuals (family members and spouses) in 3 generations were studied clinically, tested for autoantibody formation, and typed for HLA...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Complement C4
- Female
- Humans
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- White People