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Hla-B genotype in Japanese patients with Crohn's disease.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Oct 2003
Kinouchi Yoshitaka, Matsumoto Keisuke, Negoro Kenichi, Takagi Sho, Takahashi Seiichi, Hiwatashi Nobuo, Shimosegawa Tooru
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PURPOSE: The HLA-B gene is one of the susceptibility genes for inflammatory bowel disease. Previous association studies of HLA-B showed several associated alleles and haplotypes of HLA-B in patients with ulcerative colitis, and among the associated alleles HLA-B*52 is well known to be strongly associated with ulcerative colitis in Japanese patients. However, there are no convincing reports about HLA-B including...
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