Article
HLA class II genotyping of sarcoidosis patients in Hokkaido by PCR-RFLP.
Japanese journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 1996
Ishihara M, Inoko H, Suzuki K, Ono H, Hiraga Y, Ando H, Naruse T, Ishida T, Ohno S
Abstract excerpt
To confirm the significant association of sarcoidosis with HLA-DR5, -DR6, and -DR8 associated DRB1 alleles, in sarcoidosis patients from the eastern Japan (Kanto) area found in our previous study, we used HLA class II genotyping of patients in another region-Hokkaido, in northern Japan. The annua...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- DNA Probes, HLA
- Disease Susceptibility
- Eye Diseases
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Incidence
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length