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Lipoprotein(a) and HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 genes in coronary artery disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 1997
Jonasson L, Eriksson T, Dahle'n G H, Lindblom B
Abstract excerpt
In some respects, atherosclerosis resembles autoimmune disease. Since many autoimmune diseases are associated with certain histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles, we have looked for a similar HLA association with atherosclerosis. In the first phase, genomic typing was performed in 52 men with coronary artery disease. In the second phase, 50 men with early onset (before 50 years of age)...
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