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Genotyping of HLA-I and HLA-II alleles in Chinese patients with paraneoplastic pemphigus.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Mar 2008
Liu Q, Bu D-F, Li D, Zhu X-J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Class I and class II HLA genes are thought to play a role in the immunopathogenesis of bullous dermatoses such as pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, but we know little about the genetic background of paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) in Chinese patients. OBJECTIVES: To identify class I and class II HLA alleles by genotyping in Chinese patients with PNP, and to find out the possible association...
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