Absence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 in Japanese patients with Sj?gren's syndrome positive for anti-SSA(Ro). |
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| Authors: | S Miyagawa K Dohi H Shima T Shirai |
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| Institution: | Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | Forty Japanese anti-SSA(Ro) positive patients with Sj?gren's syndrome were typed for HLA-A, B, C, DR and DQ antigens. No patient had either HLA-B8 or HLA-DR3 which has been reportedly associated with the immune response to SSA(Ro) antigens in white and black patients. Our patients had higher frequencies of HLA-DRw8 and HLA-DRw52 than the control population. |
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