Role of HLA in congenital heart block: Susceptibility alleles in children

Lupus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-67

  Siren M K ^a,e   Julkunen, H ^b   Kaaja, R ^c   Ekblad, H ^d   Koskimies, S ^a  

^a Tissue Typing Laboratory   (Finland)

^b PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Congenital heart block; HLA; Neonatal lupus; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC MARKER; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 0032969961     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120399678847407     Document Type: Article

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