title: HLA-B44031;DRB1*1503 and other sub-Saharan African major histocompatibility complex haplotypes in African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans carry C4A gene deletions: implications for ethnicity-specific lupus susceptibility genes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Blood Research, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: W Z
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Najundaswamy
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tonks
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D015934:Complement C4a / Q000235:genetics*; D015935:Complement C4b / Q000235:genetics*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000208:ethnology; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000235:genetics*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015934:Complement C4a; D015935:Complement C4b