Association of HLA-DQw4 with IgA Nephropathy in the Japanese Population
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Nephron
- Vol. 58 (1) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000186389
Abstract
We have studied HLA-A, B, DR and DQ phenotypes in 50 Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy. The antigen frequency of HLA-DQw4, which is known to be associated with DR4/Dwl5 specificity, was increased in the patient group as well as in those of B35 and DR4. The increase of DQw4 (36.0%) was significantly different from that of national controls (corrected pKeywords
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