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The link between some alleles on human leukocyte antigen system and autism in children.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Feb 2013
Mostafa Gehan A, Shehab Abeer A, Al-Ayadhi Laila Y
Abstract excerpt
The reason behind the initiation of autoimmunity to brain in some patients with autism is not well understood. There is an association between some autoimmune disorders and specific alleles of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system. Thus, we examined the frequency of some HLA-DRB1 alleles in 100 autistic children and 100 healthy matched-children by differential hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide...
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