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Direct role of HLA-B5 in influencing susceptibility to Takayasu aortoarteritis.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 1996
Mehra N K, Rajalingam R, Sagar S, Jain S, Sharma B K
Abstract excerpt
To investigate genetic factors involved in the pathogenesis of Takayasu arteritis (TA), North Indian patients belonging to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were examined for HLA-class I and class II antigens and the data compared with healthy controls from the same ethnic group. Additionally, DNA typing was performed using polymerase chain reaction/sequence specific oligonucleotide probe...
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