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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
Abstract excerpt
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, DRB5, DQA1, DQB1 and DPB1 were studied by a PCR oligotyping technique in 93 patients and 47 healthy controls....
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