C2 deficiency in blood donors and lupus patients: Prevalence, clinical characteristics and HLA-associations in the Brazilian population

Lupus

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 462-466

  Araujo M N T ^b   Silva, N P ^a   Andrade, L E C ^a   Sato, E I ^a   Gerbase DeLima, M ^a   Leser, P G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C2 deficiency; Genetics; HLA; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; DNA ANTIBODY; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH ULCER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0030869157     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120339700600509     Document Type: Article

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