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Mycosis fungoides: HLA class II associations among Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jewish patients.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2001
Hodak E, Lapidoth M, Kohn K, David D, Brautbar B, Kfir K, Narinski N, Safirman S, Maron M, Klein K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An immunogenetic mechanism has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of mycosis fungoides (MF). While results of studies on HLA class I associations haveproved inconsistent, two previous studies showed that certain HLA class II alleles were significantly increased among North American caucasian patients with MF: HLA-DRB1*11 and DQB1*03. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the possible HLA class I...
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