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HLA class II alleles in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 1999
Yoshitake S, Kimura A, Okada M, Yao T, Sasazuki T
Abstract excerpt
The association of various HLA class II loci with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) has yet to be fully elucidated. To determine whether there is an association of HLA class II genes (DR, DQ and DP alleles) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), HLA class II genes for polymorphisms were analyzed at the DNA level in 111 patients with CD, 81 with UC and 525 healthy controls by the polymerase chain...
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