Frequency of HLA DQβ1*0201 and DQβ1*0301 Alleles and Total Serum IgE in Patients with Bronchial Asthma: A Pilot Study from Pakistan.

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Frequency of HLA DQβ10201 and DQβ10301 Alleles and Total Serum IgE in Patients with Bronchial Asthma: A Pilot Study from Pakistan.

Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology - 1 Aug 2017

Mubarak Bushra, Afzal Nadeem, Javaid Khursheed, Talib Rakhshanda, Aslam Rabia, Latif Waqas, Khaliq Saba

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In Pakistan about 3.7% of the population is suffering from asthma, a chronic inflammatory disorder of airways. Asthma has wide spectrum of predisposing factors including environment and genetics. Many studies have been performed to determine association of asthma with serum IgE and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) alleles but conflicting results were reported. Therefore, present study was designed to...

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