HLA in Portuguese Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients and Their Relation to Clinical Features
Carlos Vasconcelos, Claudia Carvalho, Barbara Leal, Clara Pereira, Andreia Bettencourt, Paulo P. Costa, Antonio Marinho, Paulo Barbosa, Isabel Almeida, Fatima Farinha, Teresa Mendonça, Joao Araujo Correia, Denisa Mendonça and Berta Martins Systemic lupus errythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous disease translating the different genetic and environmental factors involved. Polymorphisms at several loci, including the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC), have been associated worldwide with SLE, although inconsistencies exist among these [...]