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Frequency of HLA class 1 and 2 alleles in Brazilian patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus retinitis.
Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 2003
Veronese Rodrigues Maria de Lourdes, de Castro Figueiredo José Fernando, Deghaide Neifi Hassan Saloum, Romão Erasmo, Vieira de Souza Nivaldo, Donadi Eduardo Antonio
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class 1 (HLA-A and HLA-B) and HLA class 2 (HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1) allele profiles in the susceptibility to cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV-R) in patients with AIDS. METHODS: Cytomegalovirus retinitis was clinically diagnosed by indirect binocu...
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