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HLA antigens in ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2000
Leidenius M H, Koskimies S A, Kellokumpu I H, Höckerstedt K A
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to find out whether the alleles of the HLA class I or II region are associated with susceptibility to ulcerative colitis, and to show whether there is a difference or similarity in HLA associations between primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis. HLA-A, B, C and DR antigens were studied using the standard lymphocyte microcytotoxicity test in 24 Finnish patients with...
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