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Genetic polymorphisms of the HCR gene and a genomic segment in close proximity to HLA-C are associated with patients with psoriasis in Taiwan.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jun 2004
Chang Y T, Shiao Y M, Chin P J, Liu Y L, Chou F C, Wu S, Lin Y F, Li L H, Lin M W, Liu H N, Tsai S F
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BACKGROUND: Although psoriasis vulgaris (PV) is strongly associated with HLA-Cw*0602, it has been proposed that the association of Cw*0602 is due to linkage disequilibrium and that other nearby genes are involved in PV susceptibility. The alpha-helix coiled-coil rod homologue (HCR) gene, located...
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