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Influence of human leukocyte antigen in the pathogenesis of Ménière's disease in the South Korean population.
Acta oto-laryngologica - 1 Dec 2002
Yeo Sang W, Park Shi-Nae, Jeon Eun-Ju, Lee Heung-Youp, Pyo Chul-Woo, Kim Tai-Gyu
Abstract excerpt
In order to study the associations of Ménière's disease (MD) with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles in the South Korean population, we examined the distribution of HLA class I and II alleles in 39 MD patients and 199 healthy controls. The frequencies of HLA-Cw*0303 (relative risk (RR) = 2.5; p < 0.02) and -Cw*0602 (RR = 3.7; p < 0.03) were significantly increased in patients with MD compared to controls....
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