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HLA-B*27 allele associated to Behçet's disease and to anterior uveitis in Moroccan patients.
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
Radouane Asmaa, Oudghiri Mounia, Chakib Abdelfettah, Naya Abdallah, Belhouari Abderrahman, El Malki Abdelouhab, Bennani Siham
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigen HLA-B51 is the most strongly associated gene with Behçet disease (BD) in different ethnic populations. We analyze the influence of HLA-B alleles in BD predisposition in Moroccan population and its association with clinical manifestations. The HLA-B phenotype frequencies were analyzed by serologic HLA class I typing and by polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific oligonucleotide...
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