Article
The genetics of psoriasis.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Aug 1997
Henseler T
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of population-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes has provided evidence that susceptibility to psoriasis is linked to the class I and II major histo-compatibility complex on human chromosome 6. In addition, these studies show that psoriasis consists of two distinct disease subtypes (type I and type II), which differ in age of onset and in the frequency of HLA. In type I (early-onset)...
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