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Mapping of a candidate region for susceptibility to inclusion body myositis in the human major histocompatibility complex.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 1999
Kok C C, Croager E J, Witt C S, Kiers L, Mastaglia F L, Abraham L J, Garlepp M J
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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a form of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy of unknown aetiology. A strong association with HLA class II (HLA-DR3) suggested a role for genes in the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the predisposition to this disease. In this study, we have taken advantage of the ancestral haplotype (AH) concept and historical recombinations to map for a possible susceptibility...
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