Study of HLA antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus in the French West Indies.
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.
Monplaisir
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Centre départemental de transfusion sanguine de la Martinique.
Valette
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Pierre-Louis
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Yoyo
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Sobesky
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Verpré
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Quist
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Arfi
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Gervaise
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Gabriel
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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
D006680:HLA Antigens; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens