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Strong protective effect of DR3 against ulcerative colitis in the Spanish population.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2007
Gómez-García María, Oliver Javier, Márquez Ana, Mendoza Juan L, López-Nevot Miguel Angel, Fernández-Arquero Miguel, González-Escribano María F, Díaz-Rubio Manuel, de la Concha Emilio G, Urcelay Elena, Martín Javier, Martínez Alfonso
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OBJECTIVES: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the colon. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on the short arm of human chromosome 6 has been thoroughly studied as a susceptibility locus. However, one of the strongest MHC associations found, that of HLA-DR3 wit...
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