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The Association of HLA Alleles and Haplotypes with Age of Disease Onset in Pakistani Psoriatic Patients.
International archives of allergy and immunology - 1 Jan 2023
Munir Saeeda, Rahman Simeen Ber, Rehman Sadia, Saba Nusrat, Mazhar Kehkashan, Naluai Åsa Torinsson
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INTRODUCTION: The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region on chromosome 6p21 is well known to carry the most important genetic factors in susceptibility to psoriasis. Different HLA alleles and haplotypes have been reported to be associated with psoriasis in different populations. Psoriasis has a variable age of onset and, based on this, it can be classified into two types; type I with age of onset before 40 years of...
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