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Allelic distribution of HLA-B*5 in HLA-B5-positive Israeli patients with Behçet's disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2001
Paul M, Klein T, Krause I, Molad Y, Narinsky R, Weinberger A
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate the sub-typing of the B5 antigen in Israeli (Jewish and Arabic) patients with Behçet's disease (BD) allele-specific genotyping of B51 and B52 alleles was performed in Israeli BD patients and healthy controls. Among the HLA-B51-positive BD patients, B*5101 was found to be the predominant allele, identified in 62% of all BD patients and 78% of Jewish BD patients. HLA-B*5101 was also the...
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