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HLA-Cw*1602: a new susceptibility marker of Behçet's disease in southern Spain.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 1998
Sanz L, González-Escribano F, de Pablo R, Núñez-Roldán A, Kreisler M, Vilches C
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of the HLA-C locus by PCR-SSP in Behçet's disease patients from southern Spain reveals a statistically significant association with Cw*1602 (OR 20.15, corrected p < 0.05). This is an uncommon allele absent from the healthy control group, which seems to confer higher relative risk than B51 in this study (OR 1.85). Stratified frequencies do not show statistically significant differences but suggest that...
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