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Human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 and -DQB1 genotyping in lupus patients with and without antiphospholipid syndrome.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2009
Kapitany Aniko, Tarr Tunde, Gyetvai Agnes, Szodoray Peter, Tumpek Judit, Poor Gyula, Szegedi Gyula, Sipka Sandor, Kiss Emese
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the genetic background regarding major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II alleles in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) only, in patients with SLE with secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (SLE+SAPS), and in patients whose clinical course began as primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) and subsequently progressed to SLE (PAPS+SLE) in order to explain the phenotypical differences...
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