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The role of human leukocyte antigens as predisposing and/or protective factors in patients with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Annals of hematology - 1 Apr 2012
John Marie-Luise, Hitzler Walter, Scharrer Inge
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-four adult German patients suffering from idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) have been examined for HLA class II. All patients presented autoantibodies against ADAMTS13 and ADAMTS13 activity levels <5%. Blood samples have been analyzed for HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles using sequence-specific primer PCR and sequence-specific oligonucleotide PCR. Reference data of German bone marrow and blood...
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