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The evaluation of HLA-DRB1 antigens as susceptibility markers for unilocular cystic echinococcosis in Egyptian patients.
Parasitology research - 1 Apr 2004
Azab Magda E, Bishara Sawsan A, Ramzy Reda M R, Oteifa Nihad M, El-Hoseiny Laila M, Ahmed Mona A
Abstract excerpt
This is the first study dealing with the correlation between HLA antigens and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Egyptian patients. The potential immunogenetic predisposition for susceptibility and resistance to unilocular echinococcosis was investigated by HLA-DRB1 typing; first by HLA-DRB1 amplification using PCR then using the allele-specific probing technique based on the reverse hybridization principle. The study...
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