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HLA-DRB1 allele in 35 patients with alveolar echinococcosis in Gansu Province of China.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Oct 2003
Li Furong, Shi Youen, Shi Dazhong, Vuitton Dominique Angele, Craig Philip Simon
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles and alveolar echinococcosis (AE). METHODS: Thirty-five patients with AE in high prevalence areas in Gansu Province of China were tested for the HLA-DRB1 gene using the polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP) technique. The results were compared with those of 104 healthy individuals....
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