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Human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 position 11 residues are a common protective marker for sarcoidosis.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2001
Foley P J, McGrath D S, Puscinska E, Petrek M, Kolek V, Drabek J, Lympany P A, Pantelidis P, Welsh K I, Zielinski J, du Bois R M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors, in particular human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are important determinants of susceptibility to sarcoidosis, a chronic granulomatous disease of undetermined etiology. To clarify the role of HLA in sarcoidosis we determined HLA-DR and -DQ alleles in case-control samples from three European populations (United Kingdom, Czech, and Polish) and compared these results with those published for three...
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