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Susceptibility to aplastic anemia is associated with HLA-DRB1*1501 in an aboriginal population in Sabah, Malaysia.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2011
Dhaliwal J S, Wong Lily, Kamaluddin Muhammad Amir, Yin Lee Yin, Murad Shahnaz
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of aplastic anemia is reported to be higher in Asia than elsewhere. We studied the frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1 alleles in aplastic anemia patients from 2 genetically similar aboriginal groups, the Kadazan and the Dusun, and compared them with genetically matched community and hospital controls. HLA-DRB1*15 was significantly higher in the patients compared with controls (p =...
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