analysis of the major histocompatibility complex gene products and genes with major histocompatibility complex class ii and class iii locus-specific probes and oligonucleotide probes for selected human leukocyte antigen dq-beta alleles showed significant increases of human leukocyte antigen dr2 and the rare dq-beta allele dr2-dqw1.azh in the lupus nephritis patients compared with lupus patients without renal disease ( relative risk = 8.3 ) .
C0024143
lupus nephritis
C0022658
renal disease