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Novel association of HLA-haplotypes with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in a southern European population.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Aug 2003
Neri T M, Cavestro G M, Seghini P, Zanelli P F, Zanetti A, Savi M, Podda M, Zuin M, Colombo M, Floreani A, Rosina F, Bianchi Porro G, Strazzabosco M, Okolicsanyi L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: In patients with with primary sclerosing cholangitis we investigated the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes and mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. METHODS: In 64 PSC patients and 183 normal controls of the same population (Northern Italy), allelic polymorphisms at the DNA level were investigated in MHC region genes: HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1 and HLA-B,...
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