An epitope in the third hypervariable region of the DRB1 gene is involved in the susceptibility to endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in three different Brazilian populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Moraes, M E ^a   Fernandez Vina, M ^b   Lazaro, A ^b   Diaz, L A ^c   Filho, G H ^d   Friedman, H ^e   Rivitti, E ^a   Aoki, V ^a   Slastny, P ^b   Moraes, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fogo selvagem; FS autoimmune skin disease predisposition; Terena

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 8044255244     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02707.x     Document Type: Article

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