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

Arthritis Rheum. 2000 Oct;43(10):2378-9. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(200010)43:10<2378::AID-ANR27>3.0.CO;2-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

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

Substances

  • Complement C4a
  • Complement C4b