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EVIDENCE FOR HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN
RELATED SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR IDIOPATHIC -CHILDHOOD ISCHEMIC STROKE Li-Ping Zou; Yu-Hong Guo; Fang Fang; Hu-Sheng Wu; Eilhard Mix Division
of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Beijing Children’s Hospital,
Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Objective: To study the
relationship between clinical and immunogenetic features in idiopathic
childhood ischemic stroke. Methods: The data
identified 43 patients with ischemic stroke from North China. Diagnosis was
established by CT-scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic
resonance angiography (MRA) as well as manifestation. Human leukocyte
antigen (HLA) type was performed by a standard microlymphocytotoxicity
assay for HLA-A, B, and PCR/SSO typed for HLA-DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 alleles.
Results: The gene
frequencies and relative risk (RR) of HLA-A-(RR=8.126, X2=19.28) and HLA-B51(RR=6.342,X2=18.94) were markedly
increased in the patients, compared with control group p < 0.01. HLA-B17
was markedly decreased in the patients, compared with control group p<
0.01. HLA-DRB1*0802, DRA1*0401 and DQB1*0402(RR=11.78,X2=13.50)were also
increased, p< 0.01. There were in one haplotype of DRB1*0802、DRA1*0401 and DQB1*0402. 6/14 patients in HLA-A-
group and 13/17 patients in B51group associated
with preceding respiratory infections. Conclusion: There was a
genetic predisposition and susceptibility to idiopathic childhood ischemic
stroke that was triggered by transient viral or bacterial precipitants,
they contributed causally to vasculitis and vascular occlusion in brain.