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Associations of major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related molecule polymorphisms with Behcet's disease in Caucasian patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2005
Hughes E H, Collins R W M, Kondeatis E, Wallace G R, Graham E M, Vaughan R W, Stanford M R
Abstract excerpt
HLA-B*51 is known to be associated with Behcet's disease (BD) in many ethnic groups. The pathogenic gene, however, may lie close to the HLA-B locus and therefore be in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*51. On the basis of the proximity of MIC genes to HLA-B, their expression pattern and their aff...
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