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Associations between sarcoidosis clinical course and ANXA11 rs1049550 C/T, BTNL2 rs2076530 G/A, and HLA class I and II alleles.
The clinical respiratory journal - 1 Feb 2018
Morais Antonio, Lima Bruno, Alves Helena, Melo Natalia, Mota Patricia C, Marques Agostinho, Delgado Luis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A genetic background may be responsible for the different clinical courses in sarcoidosis. We analyzed associations between sarcoidosis clinical course and HLA class I/II alleles and susceptibility gene SNPs ANXA11 rs1049550 C/T and BTNL2 rs2076530 G/A in a Portuguese population, investigating possible gene-gene interactions. METHODS: We studied 138 unrelated Caucasian sarcoidosis patients (78 women,...
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