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Variants of HLA-DR2/DR51 group haplotypes and susceptibility to tuberculoid leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis in Asian Indians.
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association - 1 Jun 1995
Mehra N K, Rajalingam R, Mitra D K, Taneja V, Giphart M J
Abstract excerpt
This study reports our observations on the correlation between HLA-DR2 subtypes and their DR-DQ haplotypes in patients with tuberculoid (TT) leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). DRB1*1501 was significantly increased in patients with PTB (90%) as compared to controls (p < 0.05); whereas the prevalence of DRB1*1502 was significantly increased in patients with TT leprosy (p < 0.05), suggesting allele-specific...
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