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Association of diffuse panbronchiolitis with microsatellite polymorphism of the human interleukin 8 (IL-8) gene.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Emi M, Keicho N, Tokunaga K, Katsumata H, Souma S, Nakata K, Taguchi Y, Ohishi N, Azuma A, Kudoh S
Abstract excerpt
Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a distinctive chronic inflammatory lung disease predominantly found in Asian populations. Although its etiology is unknown, DPB is considered to be a multifactorial disease of whose susceptibility is determined by genetic predisposition unique to Asians. We and others have previously reported that the B*5401 allele of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B gene or a closely linked...
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