HLA-DRB1* alleles in Egyptian children with post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 376-379

  Bakr, Ashraf ^a   Mahmoud, Lotfi Abdel Naby ^b   Al Chenawi, Farha ^b   Salah, Amany ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Case control study; HLA DRB1*; Post streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; ACUTE DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34248635404     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0324-y     Document Type: Article

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