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.
Fraser
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Center for Blood Research, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ding
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Najundaswamy
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Chen
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Uko
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Tonks
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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
D015934:Complement C4a; D015935:Complement C4b