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Association of HLA-DR5 (DR11) with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) in Mexican patients.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Vargas-Alarcón G, Granados J, Ibañez de Kasep G, Alcocer-Varela J, Alarcón-Segovia D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) haplotypes and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Mexican mestizo patients. METHODS: Class I, II and III MHC antigens were determined in 41 Mexican mestizo patients with SSc, 113 of their first degree relatives, and 85 ethnically matched controls. The significance of differences between patients and controls was tested by chi-square...
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