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.

Subjects

Subjects :

Africa ethnology
Americas epidemiology
Caribbean Region epidemiology
Family Health
Female
Gene Deletion
Genetic Predisposition to Disease ethnology
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
United States epidemiology
Complement C4a genetics
Complement C4b genetics
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic genetics
Major Histocompatibility Complex genetics

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

0004-3591

Volume :

43

Issue :

10

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Arthritis and rheumatism

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

11037899

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1002/1529-0131(200010)43:10<2378::AID-ANR27>3.0.CO;2-2