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Human leukocyte antigen-DR alleles influence the clinical course of pulmonary sarcoidosis in Asian Indians.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2003
Sharma Surendra K, Balamurugan Arumugam, Pandey Ravindra M, Saha Pradip Kumar, Mehra Narinder K
Abstract excerpt
Host genetic factors are known to contribute to disease susceptibility and course in sarcoidosis. They may also be important in defining the pattern of disease presentation and progression, as well as its overall prognosis. We have studied human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I (n = 31) and class II alleles (n = 56) in a cohort of Indian patients with sarcoidosis and 275 healthy control subjects from north India....
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