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Strong association of HLA-Cw6 allele with juvenile psoriasis in Polish patients.
Immunology letters - 2 Jan 2003
Łuszczek Wioleta, Kubicka Wioletta, Cislo Maria, Nockowski Piotr, Mańczak Maria, Woszczek Grzegorz, Baran Eugeniusz, Kuśnierczyk Piotr
Abstract excerpt
Association of psoriasis vulgaris with HLA-C is not equally strong in different human populations. It has not yet been studied in Polish patients at DNA level, but only by serology that is inadequate for HLA-C. Therefore, we examined the distribution of HLA-C alleles by means of low resolution PCR-SSP in 102 Polish psoriatics and 123 healthy controls. We have found significantly higher representation of HLA-Cw*06...
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