title: Human leucocyte antigen status in African women with eclampsia.
abstract: Investigation of the HLA system in 53 African eclamptic or imminently eclamptic women showed that they were significantly more likely to be heterozygous at the B locus than were normal controls. This did not apply to the A or D related loci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moodley
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens