Autoimmunity in vitiligo: relationship with HLA, Gm and Km polymorphisms.

doi:10.3109/08916939209035163

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Autoimmunity in vitiligo: relationship with HLA, Gm and Km polymorphisms.

Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1992

Lorini R, Orecchia G, Martinetti M, Dugoujon J M, Cuccia M

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Eighty-six patients affected by vitiligo were investigated for Gm, and Km polymorphisms, HLA markers and the presence of organ and non organ-specific autoantibodies. Vitiligo patients had an increased frequency of autoantibodies (71%), in particular anti-parietal cells (26.6%), antithyroglobulin...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Autoantibodies
Autoimmunity
Child
Female
HLA-A3 Antigen
Humans
Immunoglobulin Allotypes
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Vitiligo

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