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An epitope in the third hypervariable region of the DRB1 gene is involved in the susceptibility to endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) in three different Brazilian populations.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 1997
Moraes M E, Fernandez-Vina M, Lazaro A, Diaz L A, Filho G H, Friedman H, Rivitti E, Aoki V, Stastny P, Moraes J R
Abstract excerpt
Endemic pemphigus foliaceus or fogo selvagem (FS) in an organ-specific autoimmune skin disease characterized by epidermal vesicles and mediated by autoantibodies. Family cases are frequent and not everyone living in endemic region develops FS suggesting that host factors play a role in determining whether exposed individuals will be affected. Because our previous works with Brazilian Mestizos and with Xavante...
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