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HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease are more evident and consistent among clinically homogeneous patients.
Circulation - 1 Jun 1999
Guédez Y, Kotby A, El-Demellawy M, Galal A, Thomson G, Zaher S, Kassem S, Kotb M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Discrepancies in reported HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) may have been due to inaccuracies of serological typing reagents and/or lack of defined clinical classification of patients analyzed. The molecular association between HLA and RHD was investigated i...
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