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Association of HLA-DQ with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in a northern Chinese Han population.
Cellular & molecular immunology - 1 Aug 2004
Liu Wei, Li Weimin, Sun Ningling
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune mechanisms are likely involved in the pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) and components of MHC may serve as markers for the propensity to develop immune-mediated myocardial damage. This study was conducted to investigate the possible association between HLA-DQA1, -DQB1 alleles and IDC in Han population from northern China by using PCR-based sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP)...
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