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LMP7 polymorphism in Japanese patients with sarcoidosis and Behçet's disease.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 1996
Ishihara M, Ohno S, Mizuki N, Yamagata N, Ishida T, Naruse T, Ando A, Inoko H
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the influence of the MHC-linked LMP7 gene on disease susceptibility in HLA class I and class II-associated diseases, the distribution of LMP7 alleles was determined using the PCR-RFLP method in 69 Japanese patients with Behçet's disease, 65 patients with sarcoidosis, and 100 unrelated healthy controls. No differences were found between either of the patient groups and the healthy control group,...
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