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A weak association of HLA-B*2702 with Behçet's disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2002
Gül A, Uyar F A, Inanç M, Ocal L, Barrett J H, Aral O, Koniçe M, Saruhan-Direskeneli G
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to analyse the association of HLA-B alleles other than -B51 with Behçet's disease (BD). We also investigated the frequency of HLA-B alleles sharing the same natural killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) binding sequence with HLA-B51. Broad-genotyping of HLA-B locus by PCR-SSOP in 174 Turkish BD patients and 191 healthy controls confirmed the strong association of B*51 with BD (60.9% in...
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