Study of HLA class II alleles by PCR oligotyping in leprosy patients from north India.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1993.tb02179.x

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Study of HLA class II alleles by PCR oligotyping in leprosy patients from north India.

Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1993

Rani R, Fernandez-Vina M A, Zaheer S A, Beena K R, Stastny P

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Host factors seem to play an important role in determining the immune response and the differential manifestations of lepromatous (LL) and tuberculoid (TT) leprosy. In order to investigate the role of immunogenetic factors in determining the form of leprosy, the HLA class II alleles of DRB1, DRB3...

Topics

Alleles
Disease Susceptibility
Gene Frequency
Genes, MHC Class II
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
HLA-D Antigens
Humans
India
Leprosy, Borderline
Leprosy, Lepromatous
Leprosy, Tuberculoid
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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