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Diversity of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in uveitis associated with autoimmune diseases: ankylosing spondylitis and Behçet disease.
Ocular immunology and inflammation - 1 Apr 2013
Moon Su-Jin, Oh Eun-Jee, Kim Yonggoo, Kim Kyu Seop, Kwok Seung-Ki, Ju Ji Hyeon, Park Kyung-Su, Kim Ho-Youn, Park Sung-Hwan
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PURPOSE: To determine whether the frequencies of specific killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) genotypes are associated with the incidence of uveitis in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Behçet disease (BD). METHODS: The authors analyzed the frequency of 16 KIR genes in Koreans with either AS (110 patients, all HLA-B27-positive) or BD (86 patients), using polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific...
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