The involvement of HLA - DRBI*, DQA1*, DQB1* and complement C4A loci in diagnosing systemic lupus erythermatosus among Tunisians

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Ayed, Khaled ^a   Gorgi, Yousr ^a   Ayed Jendoubi, Saloua ^a   Bardi, Rafika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Complement C4A; HLA antigens; Major histocompatibility complex; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE;

ALLELE; ALLOTYPE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUNISIA; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C4A; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; TUNISIA;

EID: 1042292595     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.31     Document Type: Article

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