Fifty adult Japanese patients with biopsy-proven idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) were typed for HLA-A, B, and DR antigens, and additional B cell alloantigens designated the MT system.
HLA-A, B, DR, and MT antigens were examined in 50 patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) by the standard microlymphocytotoxicity technique.