HLA antigens in ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

doi:10.1111/j.1699-0463.1995.tb01400.x

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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

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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...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alleles
Child
Cholangitis, Sclerosing
Colitis, Ulcerative
Female
HLA Antigens
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

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