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Strong association of antiepithelial cell antibodies with HLA-DR3 or DR7 phenotype in patients with recurrent oral ulcers.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Apr 2000
Sun A, Hsieh R P, Liu B Y, Wang J T, Leu J S, Wu Y C, Chiang C P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed that antiepithelial cell antibodies (anti-ECA) were present in 71% (15/21) of patients with recurrent oral ulcers (ROU) and that there was a strong association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRw9 with ROU in Chinese patients. In this study, we assessed anti-ECA in a larger group of Chinese patients with ROU (n = 88) in order to further investigate the association of anti-ECA...
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