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A study of the association of childhood asthma with HLA alleles in the population of Siliguri, West Bengal, India.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2014
Lama M, Chatterjee M, Chaudhuri T K
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a heterogeneous disease for which a strong genetic basis is firmly established. It is a complex disorder influenced by gene-environment interaction. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes have been shown to be consistently associated with asthma and its related phenotypes in various populations. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of the selected HLA classes I and II allelic groups in...
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