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HLA-DRB1*0402 haplotypes without DQB1*0302 in Venezuelan patients with pemphigus vulgaris.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2007
Sáenz-Cantele A M, Fernández-Mestre M, Montagnani S, Calebotta A, Balbas O, Layrisse Z
Abstract excerpt
The two basic forms of autoimmune intraepidermal blistering diseases, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF), affect different layers of the skin, have different symptoms and target different antigens. We have defined human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1-DQB1 alleles and haplotypes in a case-control study of 66 non-Jewish patients attending a public reference Hospital over the past 10 years. The...
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