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Genetic association of HLA-A*2601 with ocular Behçet's disease in Japanese patients.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Kaburaki Toshikatsu, Takamoto Mitsuko, Numaga Jiro, Kawashima Hidetoshi, Araie Makoto, Ohnogi Yuka, Harihara Shinji, Kuwata Shoji, Takeuchi Fujio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Behçet's disease (BD) is known to be associated with HLA-B*51, especially HLA-B*5101, in many different ethnic groups. Recently, several HLA-A or -B alleles have been proposed as possible candidate genes for BD in addition to HLA-B*5101. To investigate those associations, we studied HLA-A and -B alleles in Japanese ocular BD patients and the association of possible susceptibility HLA genes with visual...
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