title: Study of HLA antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus in the French West Indies.
abstract: As incidence of SLE is high in Blacks, we studied HLA and SLE associations in the French West Indies, whose population is racially mixed. Forty-seven coloured SLE patients have been typed in HLA A,B,C and DR. We observed B8 association in nearly all of the studies. B15 association, more frequent in Caucasians, was found, also B53 association, a Black variant of B5 more frequent in Blacks. We did not find any class II association.
authors.affiliation: Centre départemental de transfusion sanguine de la Martinique.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monplaisir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valette
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pierre-Louis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoyo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sobesky
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Verpré
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quist
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arfi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gervaise
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gabriel
mesh_terms: D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D014900:West Indies
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens