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HLA class I genotyping including HLA-B*51 allele typing in the Iranian patients with Behçet's disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 May 2001
Mizuki N, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Yabuki K, Ando H, Yoshida M, Onari K, Nikbin B, Davatchi F, Chams H, Ghaderi A A, Ohno S, Inoko H
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that Behçet's disease (BD) is strongly associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B51 in many ethnic groups. However, there has been no published report as yet with respect to this association among the Iranian people. Furthermore, since it is now known that the B51 antigen can be encoded by 21 alleles, B*5101-B*5121, we performed HLA-B*51 allele typing as well as HLA class I genotyping of 48...
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