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Association of major histocompatibility complex class III complement components C2, BF, and C4 with Brazilian paracoccidioidomycosis.
Complement and inflammation - 1 Jan 1991
de Messias I J, Reis A, Brenden M, Queiroz-Telles F, Mauff G
Abstract excerpt
A genetic influence of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on the susceptibility and the development of the different clinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) has been postulated. In the present investigation allotypes of MHC-coded class III gene products (complement components C2, BF, C4A, and B) were determined in 69 Brazilian PCM patients and 225 healthy control individuals matched for ethnic and...
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