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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) with biopsy-proven FSGS. Comparison of the HLA antigen frequencies between white patients and white local controls...
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