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Strong association between HLA-A*0206 and Stevens-Johnson syndrome in the Japanese.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Feb 2007
Ueta Mayumi, Sotozono Chie, Tokunaga Katsushi, Yabe Toshio, Kinoshita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the association between HLA class I antigens and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) with ocular complications in Japanese. DESIGN: Case-control study. METHODS: We examined the histocompatibility antigen genes HLA-A, -B, and -C of 40 Japanese SJS/TEN patients with ocular complications and 113 healthy Japanese volunteers by polymerase chain reaction amplification...
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