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Associations of HLA class II alleles with pulmonary tuberculosis in Thais.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2002
Vejbaesya S, Chierakul N, Luangtrakool K, Srinak D, Stephens H A F
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis is an important infectious disease in Thailand. Susceptibility to tuberculosis is influenced not only by the environment but also by host genetic factors. In this study, we investigated HLA alleles in 82 patients with tuberculosis from Bangkok and in 160 normal controls. HLA-DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 genotyping was performed by the PCR-SSO method. The frequency of HLA-DQB1*0502 was increased in...
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