Open AccessAssociation of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema With the Major Histocompatibility Complex
Author(s) -
Masayuki Hanaoka,
Keishi Kubo,
Yoshitaka Yamazaki,
Takashige Miyahara,
Y. Matsuzawa,
Toshio Kobayashi,
Morie Sekiguchi,
Masao Ôta,
Hideto Watanabe
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.97.12.1124
Subject(s) - medicine , high altitude pulmonary edema , pulmonary edema , edema , altitude (triangle) , major histocompatibility complex , histocompatibility , association (psychology) , pathology , immunology , lung , human leukocyte antigen , antigen , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , epistemology
A constitutional susceptibility has been suggested in the development of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) because HAPE generally affects healthy young people, some of whom suffer recurrent episodes. We examined whether immunogenetic susceptibility is present in HAPE-susceptible subjects.
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