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Human leukocyte antigen serologic and DNA typing of Behçet's disease and its primary association with B51.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 1992
Mizuki N, Inoko H, Mizuki N, Tanaka H, Kera J, Tsuiji K, Ohno S
Abstract excerpt
Ninety Japanese patients with Behçet's disease (BD) were typed for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1, -DQA1-, -DQB1, and -DPB1 alleles by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method and for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DR, and -DQ antigens by conventional serologic typing. Serologic HLA typing showed a remarkably significant increase of HLA-B51 and a significant decrease of...
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