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Evidence for HLA class II susceptible and protective haplotypes for osteomyelitis in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia.
Tissue antigens - 1 May 2008
Al-Ola K, Mahdi N, Al-Subaie A M, Ali M E, Al-Absi I K, Almawi W Y
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We investigated the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles and haplotypes with the pathogenesis of sickle cell anemia (SCA) osteomyelitis. SCA patients comprised 42 patients with osteomyelitis and 150 patients without osteomyelitis; HLA-DRB1* and HLA-DQB1* genotyping was pe...
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