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Analysis of HLA class II and TAP alleles in Japanese patients with psoriasis vulgaris.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 1998
Saeki H, Kuwata S, Nakagawa H, Asahina A, Tamaki K, Shibata Y, Juji T
Abstract excerpt
We investigated HLA class II and transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) alleles in eighty-five unrelated Japanese patients with psoriasis vulgaris and fifty-two healthy controls using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. The frequencies of DRB1*1502 and DQB1*0601 were increased in the patient group (DRB1*1502; 21% vs 12%, p < 0.05, DQB1*0601; 35% vs. 21%, p...
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