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Significance of HLA-B[*]51 allele expression in Crohn's disease: a case-control study.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Oct 2023
Kostianovsky Alex, Llanquimán Pablo E, Olivera Pablo A, Muñoz Sebastián A, Gandino Ignacio, Orden Alberto O, Dal Pra Fernando, Teper Sara, Khoury Marina C, Sambuelli Alicia M, Allievi Alberto
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Crohn's disease (CD) and Behçet's disease (BD) are two autoinflammatory diseases that share clinical and pathogenic features. Furthermore, when BD involves the gastrointestinal tract, it is extremely difficult to distinguish endoscopic lesions from CD lesions. HLA-B*51 allele expression is highly associated with BD diagnosis. In this study we analysed HLA-B*51 status in 70 Argentine patients with...
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