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B-cell numbers in the blood of patients with non-HLA*B8 or non-HLA*B44 common variable immunodeficiency.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Feb 2007
Johnston Douglas T, Schroeder Harry W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic susceptibility to common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) has been linked to the inheritance of part or all of 2 extended major histocompatibility complex haplotypes: HLA*B8*DR3(17) and HLA*B44*DR7. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the inheritance of these major histocompatibility complex susceptibility haplotypes correlates with absolute B-cell numbers. METHODS: A retrospective medical record...
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