Idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HLA antigens.

doi:10.1590/s0100-879x1998000300010

Article

Idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HLA antigens.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Mar 1998

Gerbase-DeLima M, Pereira-Santos A, Sesso R, Temin J, Aragão E S, Ajzen H

Abstract excerpt

The objective of the present study was to investigate a possible association between HLA class II antigens and idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). HLA-A, -B, -DR and -DQ antigens were determined in 19 Brazilian patients (16 white subjects and three subjects of Japanese origin) w...

Topics

Brazil
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental
HLA Antigens
HLA-DR4 Antigen
Humans
White People

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