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Association of the MIC-A gene and HLA-B51 with Behçet's disease in Arabs and non-Ashkenazi Jews in Israel.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2002
Cohen R, Metzger S, Nahir M, Chajek-Shaul T
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BACKGROUND: Behçet's disease is known to be strongly associated with HLA-B51 in many different ethnic groups. Recently, it was suggested that MIC-A (major histocompatibility complex class I related gene A) is the pathogenic gene after strong association was found between the MIC-A A6 allele of th...
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