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Immunogenetic heterogeneity in single-system and multisystem langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Pediatric research - 1 Jul 2003
Bernstrand Cecilia, Carstensen Henrik, Jakobsen Bodil, Svejgaard Arne, Henter Jan-Inge, Olerup Olle
Abstract excerpt
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease with an unknown etiology and poorly understood pathogenesis. Immunologic, viral, and proliferative clonality causes have all been considered. To determine whether Langerhans cell histiocytosis and its two main subgroups, single-system and multisystem disease, are associated with HLA-A, -B, -Cw, or -DR alleles, a total of 84 patients <15 y of age at the time of...
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