Article
Association of HLA class I and class II alleles with myositis in Japanese patients.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1998
Furuya T, Hakoda M, Higami K, Ueda H, Tsuchiya N, Tokunaga K, Kamatani N, Kashiwazaki S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation of HLA class I and class II antigens and alleles with various forms of myositis in Japanese patients. METHODS: Eighty-four Japanese patients with myositis [22 with polymyositis (PM), 46 with dermatomyositis (DM), 16 with myositis overlapping with other co...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Black People
- DNA
- Dermatomyositis
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Japan
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymyositis
- White People