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HLA typing in Taiwanese patients with oral submucous fibrosis.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Apr 2004
Chen Hsin-Ming, Hsieh Rhong-Phong, Yang Hsiang, Kuo Ying-Shiung, Kuo Mark Yen-Ping, Chiang Chun-Pin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A significant association of certain human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and haplotypic pairs with oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) has been reported. However, controversial result of no HLA association with OSF has also been reported. In this study, the phenotype and haplotype frequencies of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 in 135 Taiwanese OSF patients were calculated and compared with those in 540 healthy...
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