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HLA and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) polymorphisms in ocular Behçet's disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1999
Verity D H, Wallace G R, Vaughan R W, Kondeatis E, Madanat W, Zureikat H, Fayyad F, Marr J E, Kanawati C A, Stanford M R
Abstract excerpt
The role of HLA-B*51 and other major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in Behçet's disease (BD) remains unknown. We have performed HLA and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) polymorphism analysis in BD and evaluated their contribution to ocular disease. In this study, 102 patients and 115 controls of Middle Eastern descent were investigated by HLA and B*51 subtyping using novel primers, and by LT alpha NCo 1 and...
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