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HLA-B phenotype modifies the course of Behçet's disease in Moroccan patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2003
Choukri F, Chakib A, Himmich H, Marih L, Caillat-Zucman S
Abstract excerpt
In Moroccan patients, predisposition to Behçet's disease is associated with HLA-B*51, mostly in males with young age at disease onset. In addition, the disease is associated with B*15 both in females and in males with late disease onset. We analyzed the clinical presentation, the severity and the course of the disease in 86 Moroccan patients according to their HLA-B phenotype. The presence of the B*51 or B*15 did...
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