Human leukocyte antigen class II associations with systemic sclerosis in South Africans.

Human leukocyte antigen class II typing, using polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primers, was performed in 52 Black South Africans with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and 112 controls. Increased frequencies of DR2 in the overall SSc group (OR = 2.4), DRB1*0301 in the limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc...

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Main Authors: Tikly, M, Rands, A, McHugh, N, Wordsworth, P, Welsh, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004