Behçet's disease associated with one of the HLA-B51 subantigens, HLA-B* 5101.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71396-0

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Behçet's disease associated with one of the HLA-B51 subantigens, HLA-B* 5101.

American journal of ophthalmology - 15 Oct 1993

Mizuki N, Inoko H, Ando H, Nakamura S, Kashiwase K, Akaza T, Fujino Y, Masuda K, Takiguchi M, Ohno S

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The strong association of Behçet's disease with HLA-B51 in several ethnic groups is well known. Because the HLA-B51 antigen has been recently identified to comprise three alleles, HLA-B* 5101, HLA-B* 5102, and HLA-B* 5103, we sought to investigate whether there is any correlation of one particula...

Topics

Alleles
Behcet Syndrome
HLA-B Antigens
HLA-B51 Antigen
Humans
Immunophenotyping
Japan

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