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Mol Syndromol ; 5(1): 19-24, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24550761

RESUMO

The recurrent 10q22.3q23.2 deletion with breakpoints within low copy repeats 3 and 4 is a rare genomic disorder, reported in only 13 patients to date. The phenotype is rather uncharacteristic, which makes a clinical diagnosis difficult. A phenotypic feature described in almost all patients is a delay in speech development, albeit systematic studies are still pending. In this study, we report on a boy with an LCR3/4-flanked 10q22.3q23.2 deletion exhibiting an age-appropriate language development evaluated by a standardized test at an age of 2 years and 3 months. The boy was born with a cleft palate - a feature not present in any of the patients described before. Previously reported cases are reviewed, and the role of the BMPR1A gene is discussed. The phenotype of patients with an LCR3/4-flanked 10q22.3q23.2 deletion can be rather variable, so counseling the families regarding the prognosis of an affected child should be done with caution. Long-term studies of affected children are needed to delineate the natural history of this rare disorder.

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Hautarzt ; 63(3): 226-9, 2012 Mar.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21858561

RESUMO

Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is a rare autosomal dominant tumor syndrome characterized by the occurrence of tumors of the sebaceous glands and/or multiple keratoacanthomas in addition to internal neoplasia. Skin tumors include not only sebaceous adenomas and sebaceomas but also sebaceous carcinomas which are associated with colorectal carcinomas in over 50%, less commonly with carcinomas of the remaining gastrointestinal, urinary or genital tract. The underlying pathogenesis is a defect of the DNA mismatch repair system introducing microsatellite instability in tumor tissue.


Assuntos
Aberrações Cromossômicas , Comportamento Cooperativo , Genes Dominantes/genética , Comunicação Interdisciplinar , Síndrome de Muir-Torre/genética , Biópsia , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA/genética , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Masculino , Instabilidade de Microssatélites , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Síndrome de Muir-Torre/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Muir-Torre/patologia , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/genética , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/patologia , Pele/patologia
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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol ; 267(12): 1843-8, 2010 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20593290

RESUMO

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) is a heterogenic disease. Multiple factors influencing aetiology and prognosis are discussed. A retrospective clinical characterisation and analysis of family history of ISSNHL patients was performed to investigate influences on the disease. 186 inpatients diagnosed with ISSNHL were characterised by health records and a standardised questionnaire. Audiograms were observed. 75 controls that had never experienced an event of ISSNHL were questioned about family members being affected by ISSNHL. 63.4% of all patients could be assigned to at least one group with similar causes of ISSNHL (noise exposure, positive family history, infectious diseases, hypothyroidism and fibromuscular dysplasia). A positive family history for ISSNHL has not been reported so far. Therefore, we accentuated the characterisation of patients with positive family history. 21.4% affirmed a positive family history. In ten families, at least two family members were reported as ISSNHL patients. In comparison with patients with negative family history, they tend to be younger, experience more events of ISSNHL and show less improvement of hearing abilities under therapeutic treatment (non-significant). Differences intensified between smokers with positive family history and non-smokers with negative family history. Differences concerning average age were statistically significant (p = 0.001). Within 75 controls 11 families were reported with one member being affected by ISSNHL. In the control group we did not detect any family with more than one ISSNHL patient. The results indicated that patients with positive family history tend to have an aggravated course of ISSNHL. Further studies should help to confirm these results and to identify environmental or genetic factors leading to ISSNHL. This might support a better understanding of the aetiology of ISSNHL and offer new possibilities for prevention and therapy.


Assuntos
Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/epidemiologia , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/genética , Perda Auditiva Súbita/epidemiologia , Perda Auditiva Súbita/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Saúde da Família , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/diagnóstico , Perda Auditiva Súbita/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica , Fatores de Risco , Adulto Jovem
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J Laryngol Otol ; 123(3): 359-62, 2009 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18925996

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: This case is reported in order to demonstrate the importance of detailed clinical analysis, including evaluation of personal and family history, in the differential diagnosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old woman presented with a sudden onset of sensorineural hearing loss in her right ear. She had experienced three previous episodes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss in her left ear, at the ages of 35, 48 and 50 years. She also reported suffering two strokes with left hemiparesis due to fibromuscular dysplasia of her right internal carotid artery. A positive family history of stroke among maternal relatives suggested autosomal dominant inheritance. The patient's personal and family history suggested a rare cause of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, for which alternative therapeutic modalities may be applicable in selected cases. CONCLUSIONS: Careful follow up of any patient with sudden sensorineural hearing loss and evaluation of their personal and family history is essential, in order to uncover evidence of rare underlying causes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. For patients with such rare diagnoses, alternative therapy and surveillance modalities may be useful in disease management, depending on pre-existing pathology. Those patients should be managed via a multidisciplinary approach, including genetic counselling, in order to achieve the best possible outcome.


Assuntos
Doenças das Artérias Carótidas/complicações , Artéria Carótida Interna , Displasia Fibromuscular/complicações , Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial/etiologia , Perda Auditiva Súbita/etiologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Laryngorhinootologie ; 87(6): 400-5, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18236360

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The etiology and factors influencing the prognosis of idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss are still in focus. To determine pathogenetic relevant factors, a detailed clinical characterization of patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss remains to be performed. METHODS: The history of 103 patients who presented with a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and received a standard treatment with prednisolone und pentoxyphylline (Stennert-Schema) has been investigated with a new questionnaire. In addition, audiological and serological investigations were analysed. RESULTS: A partial or total recovery of hearing after therapy was reported by 57 % of patients, on average 15 dB. Half of the patients sustained at least one recurrent idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss. In single cases, fibromuscular dysplasia and hypothyroidism in autoimmunthyroidism were detected. Additionally, smoking was identified as a disease modulating factor. The age of admission to the hospital was significantly reduced in the group of smokers compared to non-smokers (p = 0.02). Non-smokers reported more episodes of sensorineural hearing loss compared to smokers (p = 0.02) according to their higher age. One third of the patients reported a high level of noise exposure in private and business, which was related with the sudden sensorineural hearing loss. CONCLUSION: By collecting an exact medical history, in more than 50 % of cases etiological and predisposing factors of sudden sensorineural hearing loss can be detected which lead to further diagnostic investigations and therapies.


Assuntos
Perda Auditiva Súbita/etiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Audiometria de Tons Puros , Limiar Auditivo/efeitos dos fármacos , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Perda Auditiva Súbita/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pentoxifilina/uso terapêutico , Prednisolona/uso terapêutico , Recidiva , Fatores de Risco , Resultado do Tratamento , Vasodilatadores/uso terapêutico
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Zentralbl Gynakol ; 128(4): 207-12, 2006 Aug.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16835815

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Female patients with diagnosis of endometrial or ovarian cancer before the age of 45 are suspicious of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In the daily routine it is difficult to distinguish between HNPCC and sporadic cancer, however, the consequences are severe. A standardised interview was conducted to evaluate the management of HNPCC-patients in medical practice. COHORT AND METHODS: 36 gynecologists working in medical practice were interviewed, statistical analyses were performed with SPSS 12.0. RESULTS: Most of the gynecologists refer to a hereditary tumor syndrome in consideration of family history, diagnosis at early age and synchronous or metachronous cancer. Patients with endometrial or ovarian cancer before the age of 45 years were rated as high risk patients. 72 % of the gynecologists take care of female patients suspicious of HNPCC according to the Bethesda criteria, even though half of these do not consider that diagnosis. Gynecological surveillance examinations are not fully taken into account. The interdisciplinary surveillance concept is rarely initiated. CONCLUSION: The current surveillance recommendation for patients suspicious of HNPCC should be applied more often in the daily routine of gynecological outpatient management. Sponsored by Deutsche Krebshilfe.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Endométrio/terapia , Pacientes Ambulatoriais , Neoplasias Ovarianas/terapia , Adulto , Neoplasias do Endométrio/complicações , Família , Feminino , Ginecologia , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Ovarianas/complicações
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Z Gastroenterol ; 43(7): 647-51, 2005 Jul.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16001346

RESUMO

The differential diagnostic assignment of patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer among patients with non-familial colorectal carcinoma is difficult but essential to provide early sufficient cancer screening. In order to analyze the actual situation of outpatients, 36 gastroenterologists in private practice have been interviewed with respect to their experience concerning outpatients. The interview data revealed that care for patients with colorectal cancer is a fundamental component of their work. A third of the gastroenterologists deal with patients suffering from colorectal cancer before 45 years of age. Yet these gastroenterologists did not report a single HNPCC patient. Especially gastroenterologists with long lasting experience in private practice did not mention HNPCC patients at all. These results may indicate that identifying the cases at risk for HNPCC is difficult in daily routine work. The possibility of genetic diagnostics (and counselling) should be taken into consideration in individual cases. In consequence comprehensive screening programs can be initiated for patients and their families.


Assuntos
Assistência Ambulatorial , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Adulto , Colonoscopia , Neoplasias Colorretais/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Colorretais/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Colorretais/terapia , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Colorretais Hereditárias sem Polipose/terapia , Estudos Transversais , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Aconselhamento Genético , Testes Genéticos , Humanos , Masculino , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Prática Privada , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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HNO ; 53(9): 773-8, 2005 Sep.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15502895

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: About 50% of congenital non-syndromic hearing impairment is caused by genetic factors. Research on the genetics of deafness has revealed a vast number of relevant genes. Mutations in the GJB2 gene have been shown to be the most common in several populations. METHODS: Mutation analysis of the genes for connexin 26, 30 and 31 (GJB2, GJB6 and GJB3) was performed in 67 patients with profound hearing loss. RESULTS: Of the participants, 9% had two pathogenic mutations in the GJB2 gene. Pedigree information indicates that in these families further offspring have a 25% to a 100% chance of having hearing impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with non-syndromic hearing impairment should be offered molecular diagnostics of the GJB2 gene. Genetic counseling is mandatory for mutation carriers in order to advise them on the individual consequences of the gene test results.


Assuntos
Conexinas/genética , Aconselhamento Genético/métodos , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Perda Auditiva/congênito , Perda Auditiva/metabolismo , Medição de Risco/métodos , Conexina 26 , Análise Mutacional de DNA/métodos , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/epidemiologia , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Alemanha/epidemiologia , Perda Auditiva/epidemiologia , Perda Auditiva/reabilitação , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Linhagem , Polimorfismo Genético , Fatores de Risco
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Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir ; 5(5): 305-11, 2001 Sep.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11693021

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Orofacial clefts are congenital structural deficits involving the lip with or without the palate. The genetic origins of orofacial clefts have been considered as heterogeneous for a long time. Non-syndromatic clefts are based on complex traits. DISCUSSION: The different approaches towards the genetics of this multifactorial disease are discussed and the consequences for genetic counselling for patients, persons at risk and their relatives are reflected upon.


Assuntos
Fenda Labial/genética , Fissura Palatina/genética , Adulto , Criança , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Linhagem , Síndrome
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Infect Immun ; 68(11): 6493-5, 2000 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11035766

RESUMO

To determine genetic susceptibility factors for Helicobacter pylori infection, polymorphic T-cell receptor gene elements were investigated in 203 H. pylori-infected individuals and 180 uninfected individuals (controls). H. pylori infection is highly associated with individuals homozygous for the nonfunctional TCRBV6S1B element (odds ratio = 5.9; chi(2) = 13; P = 0.00032; P value corrected for multiple comparisons [Bonferroni correction] = 0. 00063).


Assuntos
Alelos , Infecções por Helicobacter/etiologia , Helicobacter pylori/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T alfa-beta/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Helicobacter pylori/patogenicidade , Humanos , Repetições de Microssatélites , Polimorfismo Genético
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Acta Haematol ; 102(2): 77-82, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10529510

RESUMO

Marginal-zone B cells of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) are the normal counterpart of the neoplastic cells in MALT lymphoma. In both cases these lymphocytes express surface immunoglobulins, but are negative when stained for B cell associated antigens like CD10 and CD23. Furthermore, the B cell gene rearrangement has been found in Helicobacter pylori associated chronic gastritis and in extranodal type of marginal-zone lymphoma. The aim of this study was to quantify the number of IgM-, CD10-, and CD23-positive lymphocytes in patients with type B gastritis and to compare the results with the antigen profile of mononuclear cells in patients with gastritis not associated with H. pylori. Additionally, the immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IgH) gene rearrangement in H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative gastritis was studied. From 23 patients with a positive urease test and/or histologically proven H. pylori infection and chronic gastritis and from 22 patients with H. pylori negative chronic gastritis mucosa biopsy specimens were taken. Single-cell suspensions were obtained following enzymatic digestion. For immunocytochemistry, an alkaline phosphatase-antialkaline phosphatase method was applied. IgH gene rearrangement in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens was determined by polymerase chain reaction in 11 patients with chronic gastritis. An increase in mu-positive plasma cells and B lymphocytes was detected in patients with H. pylori positive gastritis as compared with patients with H. pylori negative gastritis (10.0 vs. 3.9%, p < 0.001, and 4.3 vs. 1.6%, p < 0.01, respectively). In both groups, the proportion of CD10- and CD23-positive lymphocytes was <1%. IgH gene rearrangement was not restricted to type B gastritis; single bands were also present in 3 of 7 patients with H. pylori negative chronic gastritis. Our finding of IgH gene rearrangement in some of the patients with H. pylori negative chronic gastritis indicates that additional factors may be critical for these genotypical changes and for the pathogenesis of gastric MALT lymphoma.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/genética , Gastrite/imunologia , Rearranjo Gênico do Linfócito B , Genes de Imunoglobulinas , Helicobacter pylori/isolamento & purificação , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Contagem de Colônia Microbiana , Gastrite/microbiologia , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Imunofenotipagem , Subpopulações de Linfócitos/imunologia , Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B/imunologia , Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B/microbiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Electrophoresis ; 20(8): 1756-61, 1999 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10435444

RESUMO

Twin studies evidence that genetic factors of the host influence the acquisition and the clinical outcome of Helicobacter pylori infections in addition to bacterial and environmental factors. In the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha-gene, allelic frequencies of the polymorphic microsatellite TNFa and the promoter polymorphism TNF-308 were studied for 209 H. pylori+ patients and compared to 184 H. pylori- controls. In the H. pylori+ group 34 individuals suffered from duodenal ulcer and 45 from gastric ulcer. Genotyping of the TNFa microsatellite and TNF-308 polymorphisms was performed after polymerase chain reaction by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridizations, respectively. The phenotype frequency of microsatellite allele TNFa6 was lower in the H. pylori+ females as well as infected females with gastric ulcer compared to uninfected controls. Infected men with duodenal ulcer had a decreased frequency of allele TNFa10. The genotype TNF1/TNF1 of the polymorphism TNF-308 is a risk factor for duodenal ulcer in H. pylori+ females; p = 0.01; relative risk (RR) = 10.7; corrected p-value (Pc) = 0.05. Thus, the TNF region is crucial in the complex genetic predisposition for H. pylori infection for certain patient subgroups.


Assuntos
Infecções por Helicobacter/genética , Helicobacter pylori/isolamento & purificação , Polimorfismo Genético , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Sequência de Bases , Primers do DNA , DNA Satélite/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 95(21): 12619-24, 1998 Oct 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9770535

RESUMO

Sequences of three gene fragments (flaA, flaB, and vacA) from Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients in Germany, Canada, and South Africa were analyzed for diversity and for linkage equilibrium by using the Homoplasy Test and compatibility matrices. Horizontal genetic exchange in H. pylori is so frequent that different loci and polymorphisms within each locus are all at linkage equilibrium. These results indicate that H. pylori is panmictic. Comparisons with sequences from Escherichia coli, Neisseria meningitidis, and Drosophila melanogaster showed that recombination in H. pylori was much more frequent than in other species. In contrast, when multiple family members infected with H. pylori were investigated, some strains were indistinguishable at all three loci. Thus, H. pylori is clonal over short time periods after natural transmission.


Assuntos
Helicobacter pylori/genética , Recombinação Genética , Alelos , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Sequência de Bases , Primers do DNA , Flagelina/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Especificidade da Espécie
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Z Gastroenterol ; 36(12): 1021-6, 1998 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10025053

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) induces apoptosis and compensatory hyperproliferation in gastric epithelial cells possibly explaining the carcinogenic capacity of the bacteria. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of H. pylori on apoptosis of gastric lymphoid cells in view of the development of gastric lymphoma. METHODS: 16 H. pylori-positive and 19 H. pylori-negative individuals were enrolled. Single cell suspensions were prepared from antral biopsies and apoptosis was measured by staining with the TUNEL-assay and the fluorochrome Hoechst 33342. Lymphocyte subsets were simultaneously identified by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: The apoptotic index of all gastric mucosal cells was significantly higher in H. pylori-positive mucosa compared to negative controls. Additionally, H. pylori-infected patients showed a significant increase in apoptosis of mucosal B-lymphocytes. Apoptosis of T cells and plasma cells was unaffected by H. pylori. CONCLUSION: H. pylori induces apoptosis in mucosal B cells which might be important in the development of gastritis and possibly B-cell lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT).


Assuntos
Apoptose/fisiologia , Mucosa Gástrica/patologia , Infecções por Helicobacter/patologia , Helicobacter pylori/patogenicidade , Linfócitos/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Linfócitos B/microbiologia , Linfócitos B/patologia , Transformação Celular Neoplásica/patologia , Feminino , Mucosa Gástrica/microbiologia , Infecções por Helicobacter/microbiologia , Humanos , Linfócitos/microbiologia , Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B/microbiologia , Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Gástricas/microbiologia , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , Linfócitos T/microbiologia , Linfócitos T/patologia
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Transfusion ; 32(8): 766-70, 1992 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1412687

RESUMO

A patient with Hodgkin's disease (clinical stage IIIB) received chemotherapy and total nodal irradiation. After the transfusion of filtered packed red cells, this patient developed transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD). The genetic fingerprint of the patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) differed completely from that of her other body tissues. Normally, after transfusion, only the patient's own genetic fingerprints are observed in the PBLs, as exemplified in more than 10 control cases in which the transfused blood had not been filtered before transfusion. No signal bands corresponding to those of the blood donor could be demonstrated in samples of the patient's tissue DNA. Moreover, chimerism was detected in the hybridization pattern of the patient's PBLs on the ninth day after the onset of symptoms. Polymorphic simple repeats in the HLA-DRB gene after amplification by polymerase chain reaction were also investigated, which confirmed the fingerprinting results. The advantages of these methods for the diagnosis of TA-GVHD include the rapid and unequivocal diagnosis as well as the fact that there is no need for the relatives to be HLA typed.


Assuntos
Impressões Digitais de DNA , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/diagnóstico , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Reação Transfusional , Adulto , Impressões Digitais de DNA/métodos , Feminino , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Antígenos HLA-DR/genética , Cabelo/química , Humanos , Linfócitos/química , Fatores de Tempo
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