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A common major histocompatibility complex class II allele HLA-DQB1* 0301 is present in clinical variants of pemphigoid.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Aug 1996
Delgado J C, Turbay D, Yunis E J, Yunis J J, Morton E D, Bhol K, Norman R, Alper C A, Good R A, Ahmed R
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease seen primarily in elderly persons. It is characterized clinically by the development of tense bullae and by the presence of an antibasement membrane antibody. In BP, the antigens involved in the autoimmunity are epidermal basement membrane peptides BPAg1 and BPAg2. We have compared high resolution typing of major histocompatibility complex...
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