Genetics and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Study of Human Leukocyte Antigen(HLA) Typing.
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Genetics and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a study of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing.
To investigate the possible influence of genetics in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), HLA-A, B, C, and DR antigens were studied in 32 Japanese subjects with OSAS. The frequency of HLA-A2 antigen was markedly increased in the patients with OSAS compared with normal controls (81.3% vs 40.6%) and compared with the Japanese population (40.7%), Pc < 0.035 and Pc < 0.007, respec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.94