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A deletion in the second exon of an HLA-DRB1 allele found in a DR2-negative narcolepsy patient.
Human immunology - 1 May 1993
Roushdy J, Santoso S, Kalb R, Meier-Ewert K, Albert E D, Mueller-Eckhardt G
Abstract excerpt
In this report, we describe a new allele of the HLA-DRB 1 gene carrying a form of mutation that has not been observed before. It appeared in an HLA-DR2-negative narcolepsy patient who, besides HLA-DR4, revealed a serologic HLA-DR blank segregating with HLA-DQ1. Oligotyping showed that the new allele belongs to the HLA-DR8 group. Restriction analysis and DNA sequencing revealed the deletion of 12 bp as well as the...
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