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New insights of HLA class I association to Behçet's disease in Portuguese patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2008
Bettencourt A, Pereira C, Carvalho L, Carvalho C, Patto J V, Bastos M, Silva A M, Barros R, Vasconcelos C, Paiva P, Costa L, Costa P P, Mendonça D, Correia J, Silva B M
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*51 is a well-known genetic factor associated with Behçet's disease (BD). To analyse the influence of HLA-B*51 and other HLA class I alleles in BD susceptibility in a Portuguese population and its association with disease severity, we studied 78 BD patients and 208 healthy controls. The patients were classified into two severity groups as described by Gul et al. As expected, a...
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