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Actinic Prurigo in Singaporean Chinese: A Positive Association with HLA-DRB1*03:01.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Mar 2016
Chen Qiping, Shen Meixin, Heng Yee Kiat, Theng Thiam Seng Colin, Tey Hong Liang, Ren Ee Chee, Chong Wei-Sheng
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Studies have reported the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes with susceptibility to develop actinic prurigo (AP) in Caucasians, but there were no studies in Asian populations, including the Chinese. Our study was performed to determine if AP is associated with susceptibility or protective HLA alleles or haplotypes in Singaporean Chinese. All Chinese patients diagnosed with AP at National Skin...
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