Article
HLA-DR, -DQA1 and -DQB1 associations in Australian multiple sclerosis patients.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 1997
Stewart G J, Teutsch S M, Castle M, Heard R N, Bennetts B H
Abstract excerpt
Molecular genotyping for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II loci, HLA-DRB1, -DQB1 and -DQA1, in 100 patients with relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) demonstrated an association with the HLA-DR2, DQw6-associated alleles DRB1*1501, DQB1*0602 and DQA1*0102, thereby extendin...
Topics
- Australia
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Humans
- Multiple Sclerosis
