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HLA-DM polymorphism and risk of trichloroethylene induced medicamentosa-like dermatitis.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Dec 2007
Yue Fei, Huang Han-Lin, Huang Jian-Xun, Liang Li-Yan, Huang Zhen-Lie, Wei Qing-Yi, Chen Xue-Min
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To establish the association between genetic polymorphisms of HLA-DMA and HLA-DMB and risk of developing trichloroethylene-induced medicamentosa-like dermatitis (TIMLD). METHODS: Sixty-one cases were medically confirmed to have been affected with TIMLD and 60 controls were selected from exposed workers who were free from TIMLD. The TIMLD cases and controls were similar in terms of age, sex, and...
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