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HLA and leprosy: segregation and linkage study.
International journal of dermatology - 1 Apr 1996
Dessoukey M W, el-Shiemy S, Sallam T
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BACKGROUND: The presence of a genetic factor in the determination of leprosy has long been debated. This study tests whether the HLA-linked control of susceptibility to leprosy and/or for the types of leprosy could be confirmed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 15 multicase families, the method of DeVries et al., 1976, was used to detect nonrandom segregation of parental HLA haplotypes in their affected and healthy...
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