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Adult linear IgA disease and chronic bullous disease of childhood: the association with human lymphocyte antigens Cw7, B8, DR3 and tumour necrosis factor influences disease expression
1 Nov 1999
Abstract excerpt
Linear IgA disease and chronic bullous disease of childhood are both subepidermal autoimmune blistering diseases. Class I and II major histocompatibility locus (MHC) antigen typing was performed on 60 patients (26 chronic bullous disease of childhood, 34 adult linear IgA disease), and the findings were correlated with the clinical course. The typing was performed using a lymphocyte microcytotoxicity assay, and...
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