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HLA-DPB polymorphisms: Glu 69 association with sarcoidosis.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 1996
Lympany P A, Petrek M, Southcott A M, Newman Taylor A J, Welsh K I, du Bois R M
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Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disorder, which is characterized by the accumulation of activated CD4+ T lymphocytes (T cells) at disease sites. There is up-regulation of cell surface expression of MHC molecules in sarcoidosis, and it has been suggested that specific MHC class II alleles are associated with the disease. A study of chronic beryllium disease (CBD), a granulomatous disorder which is...
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