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Association of chronic fatigue syndrome with human leucocyte antigen class II alleles.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Aug 2005
Smith J, Fritz E L, Kerr J R, Cleare A J, Wessely S, Mattey D L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A genetic component to the development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been proposed, and a possible association between human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II antigens and chronic fatigue immune dysfunction has been shown in some, but not all, studies. AIMS: To investigate the role of HLA class II antigens in CFS. METHODS: Forty nine patients with CFS were genotyped for the HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQA1,...
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