Major histocompatibility complex and strong human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 and gender association with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in Mexican Mestizos

Human Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1198-1203

  Aláez, Carmen ^a   Flores A, Hilario ^a   Concha del Río, Luz Elena ^b   Munguía, Andrea ^a   Rodríguez, Araceli ^a   García, David ^a   Arellanes, Lourdes ^b   Gorodezky, Clara ^a  

^a InDRE Secretary of Health   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DR LUIS SÁNCHEZ BULNES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; HLA class I and class II; Mexicans; MHC susceptibility; VKH disease

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 81955164799     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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