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HLA linked with leprosy in southern China: HLA-linked resistance alleles to leprosy.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association - 1 Dec 1999
Wang L M, Kimura A, Satoh M, Mineshita S
Abstract excerpt
According to the World Health Organization recommended multidrug therapy (WHO/MDT), we have carried out this study to investigate the presence of HLA-linked susceptibility or resistance to leprosy in a southern Chinese population. Sixty-nine leprosy patients and 112 healthy controls participated in the study. HLA-DR2 subtypes, HLA-B and MHC Class I chain-related A (MICA) alleles were typed at the DNA level using...
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