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Genetic risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm: HLA-DR2(15), a Japanese study.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Mar 1998
Hirose H, Takagi M, Miyagawa N, Hashiyada H, Noguchi M, Tada S, Kugimiya T, Tilson M D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Autoimmunity has been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Several autoimmune diseases are associated with specific HLA DR alleles. These experiments were carried out to determine whether the same HLA DR types that have been reported to be a...
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