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HLA-DRB1 alleles and beta 2 glycoprotein I-dependent anticardiolipin antibodies in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Hashimoto H, Yamanaka K, Tokano Y, Iida N, Takasaki Y, Kabasawa K, Nishimura Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of HLA DRB1 alleles with beta 2 glycoprotein I (beta 2 GPI)-dependent anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: One hundred and forty-five Japanese patients with SLE were studied. beta 2 GPI-de...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- DNA
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Glycoproteins
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Japan
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- beta 2-Glycoprotein I