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Allelic variation in HLA-DRB1* loci in Syrian pemphigus vulgaris patients.
International journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2014
Harfouch Elham, Daoud Saleh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is known to be strongly associated with particular alleles of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1* loci. However, to date, the association of HLA with pemphigus has not been studied in a Syrian population. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to study HLA-DRB1* loci variation in Syrian PV patients. METHODS: We used a sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction method to define the...
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