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HLA-DPB1 alleles correlate with risk for multiple sclerosis in Caucasoid and Cantonese patients lacking the high-risk DQB1*0602 allele.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 1993
Dekker J W, Easteal S, Jakobsen I B, Gao X, Stewart G J, Buhler M M, Hawkins B R, Higgins D A, Yu Y L, Serjeantson S W
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease associated with the HLA-DR2-related haplotype DRB1*1501, DQB1*0602 in Caucasoids and with DQB1*0602 in DR2-positive Cantonese. However, many MS patients do not have the high-risk HLA-D determinants and alternative genes may contribute to the pathogenesis of MS. One candidate gene is HLA-DPB1. Our reanalysis of five earlier reports of HLA-DPB1 antigen...
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