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HLA-C genotyping of patient with Behçet's disease in the Japanese population.
Human immunology - 15 Sept 1996
Mizuki N, Ohno S, Ando H, Kimura M, Ishihara M, Miyata S, Nakamura S, Mizuki N, Inoko H
Abstract excerpt
Behçet's disease has been known to be strongly associated with a particular HLA-B allele, B51. To address the possibility that the HLA-C gene, which is closely linked to HLA-B but has been poorly defined for allo-antigen specificity by the serologic method is involved in the susceptibility to Behçet's disease, HLA-C genotyping was performed for 90 Japanese Behçet's disease patients by the PCR-SSP method. The...
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