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Human leukocyte antigen class I and MICA haplotypes in a multicase family with Cladophialophora carrionii chromoblastomycosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2006
Naranjo F, Márquez I, Gendzekhadze K, Zhang S, Fernández-Mestre M, Yegres F, Richard-Yegres N, Navas T, Montagnani S, Ogando V, Layrisse Z
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies carried out in an endemic semiarid region northwest of Venezuela at Falcon State have shown a prevalence of 15.4/1000 of chromoblastomycosis following traumatisms with xenophile vegetation infected with Cladophialophora carrionii. We performed high-resolution DNA typing of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A, -B and -C and major histocompatibility complex class I chain related gene A (MICA) alleles...
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