HLA and disease: guilt by association.

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It is now over forty years since the first associations between particular HLA antigens and disease susceptibility were described, and the identification of large numbers HLA-associated diseases parallels our increased understanding of the genetic complexity of the HLA system and its extensive polymorphism. However, surprisingly and frustratingly, clear identification of the underlying mechanisms resulting in a...

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