Clinical correlates, serum autoantibodies and the role of the major histocompatibility complex in French Canadian and non-French Canadian Caucasians with SLE.

doi:10.1191/096120398678919976

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Clinical correlates, serum autoantibodies and the role of the major histocompatibility complex in French Canadian and non-French Canadian Caucasians with SLE.

Lupus - 1 Jan 1998

Podrebarac T A, Boisert D M, Goldstein R

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predisposing role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes to autoantibody production and clinical manifestations comparing French Canadian and Non-French Canadian Caucasians with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) METHODS: Ninety-one Caucasian patients with S...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Autoantibodies
Canada
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Female
France
HLA Antigens
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Middle Aged
White People

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