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Polymorphisms of HLA microsatellite marker in Tunisian pemphigus foliaceus.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2013
Abida O, Mahfoudh N, Kammoun A, Gaddour L, Hakim F, Toumi A, Masmoudi A, Ben Ayed M, Turki H, Masmoudi H, Makni H
Abstract excerpt
Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease that partly results from genetic factors, especially from human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes. Several data have reported the involvement of microsatellite (STR) markers across different regions of the HLA in many auto-immune diseases. To test the hypothesis of the existence of a major HLA haplotype predisposing to PF, we analyzed six...
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