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Human MHC region harbors both susceptibility and protective haplotypes for coronary artery disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2007
Palikhe A, Sinisalo J, Seppänen M, Valtonen V, Nieminen M S, Lokki M L
Abstract excerpt
Aiming to study the role of human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on coronary artery disease (CAD), we enrolled two separate patient materials and controls. First, heart transplantation recipients (n = 276) were divided into three subgroups according to the severity of atherosclerosis. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A-B-DR haplotype and gene frequencies were compared between groups. Second,...
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