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HLA in a cohort of Brazilian patients with sarcoidosis.
Human immunology - 1 Oct 2013
da Costa Cláudia Henrique, Silva Vinicius Lemos, Fabricio-Silva Gustavo Milson, Usnayo Magaly, Rufino Rogério, Porto Luís Cristóvão
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. Hereditary etiology has been proposed as a cause of the sarcoidosis, and some Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles have been related to the diagnosis or severity of the disease. Löfgren's syndrome has been linked to patients with the DRB1*03 allele, and non-resolving disease has been associated with the DRB1*07, DRB1*14 and DRB1*15 alleles....
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