Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class II association with rheumatic heart disease in Pakistan

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-304

  Rehman, Sadia ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^b   Ahmad, Waqar ^c   Ayub, Qasim ^a   Mehdi, Syed Q ^a   Mohyuddin, Aisha ^a  

^a Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; GENOMIC DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PHENOL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 34249987900     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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