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Association of HLA class I alleles with keloids in Chinese Han individuals.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2010
Lu Wen-Sheng, Cai Li-Qiong, Wang Zai-Xing, Li Yang, Wang Jian-Feng, Xiao Feng-Li, Quan Cheng, He Su-Min, Yang Sen, Zhang Xue-Jun
Abstract excerpt
Keloids are benign fibroproliferative dermal tumors of unknown etiology. Some studies have suggested that human HLA status might potentiate development of keloids phenotype. No report has been published about HLA class I alleles associated with keloids in Chinese Han individuals. To investigate the etiology of keloids, the polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primer (PCR-SSP) method was used to analyze the...
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