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A shared HLA-DRB1 epitope in the DR beta first domain is associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in Indian patients.
Molecular vision - 5 Mar 2010
Tiercy Jean-Marie, Rathinam Sivakumar R, Gex-Fabry Marianne, Baglivo Edoardo
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) are two distinct entities that share common clinical and histopathological features; however, it remains unknown whether they have a common genetic susceptibility. Several studies have shown an association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR4 with VKH disease in patients of different ethnic backgrounds. We present in this paper the...
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