Article
Do specific pockets of HLA-C molecules predispose Jewish patients to psoriasis vulgaris?
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Dec 1994
Roitberg-Tambur A, Friedmann A, Tzfoni E E, Battat S, Ben Hammo R, Safirman C, Tokunaga K, Asahina A, Brautbar C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis vulgaris was reported to be associated with a specific alanine residue at position 73 of HLA-C alleles in Japanese patients. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine the role of HLA genes in susceptibility to psoriasis vulgaris in the Israeli Jewish population. METHODS: Twent...
Topics
- Alanine
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Aspartic Acid
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Amplification
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-C Antigens
- Humans
- Israel
- Jews
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Psoriasis