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HLA Alleles in a Behçet Disease Multiethnic Population With and Without Ophthalmic Manifestations.
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases - 1 Oct 2023
de Andrade Francisco Assis, Porto Luís Cristóvão, Gomes Ochtrop Manuella Lima, Bacchiega Ana Beatriz Santos, de Almeida Neves Ricardo, Morette Leonardo, Santos Gilson, de Souza Alexandre Wagner Silva, Matos Kimble, Abramino Levy Roger
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze HLA alleles in patients with Behçet disease (BD) and their correlation with ophthalmic manifestations (OMs) in a multiethnic Brazilian population. METHODS: This case-control study compared 72 BD patients with or without OM who underwent a thorough ophthalmologic evaluation, including best-corrected visual acuity, bino-ophthalmoscopy, and HLA analysis, with 144...
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