HLA class II alleles in Japanese patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Associations with anti-platelet glycoprotein autoantibodies and responses to splenectomy.

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HLA class II alleles and immunoglobulin allotypes were determined in 83 Japanese patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and 114 race-matched healthy controls. Distribution of DRB and DQB1 alleles as well as G1M(f, z), G2M(n+, n-), and KM(1, (1,2), 3) were not different between ITP pa...

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