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A spontaneous model for autoimmune myocarditis using the human MHC molecule HLA-DQ8.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Feb 2004
Taylor Jacqueline A, Havari Evis, McInerney Marcia F, Bronson Roderick, Wucherpfennig Kai W, Lipes Myra A
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Genome-wide analyses have shown that the MHC class II region is the principal locus that confers susceptibility to a number of human autoimmune diseases. Due to the high degree of linkage disequilibrium across the MHC, it has been difficult to dissect the contribution of individual genes to disea...
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