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The ancestry of the HLA-DRB1*15 allele predisposes the Mexican mestizo to the development of aplastic anemia.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2012
Fernández-Torres Javier, Flores-Jiménez Denhi, Arroyo-Pérez Antonio, Granados Julio, López-Reyes Alberto
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UNLABELLED: Aplastic anemia (AA) is a hematological disorder characterized by pancytopenia in peripheral blood and hypoplasia in the bone marrow; the majority of cases have no known etiology, but it is thought that genetic and environmental factors can be involved in its pathogenesis. From the genetic viewpoint, it has been reported a significant increase frequency of the human leukocyte antigen HLA-DRB1(∗)15 in...
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