A significant association of HLA-DPB1*0501 with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease results from a linkage disequilibrium with the primarily associated allele, DRB1*0405

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 344-345

  Shindo, Y ^a   Ohno, S ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Onoe K ^c   Inoko, H ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA DP; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR RFLP); Vogt Koyanagi Harada's disease (VKH disease)

Indexed keywords

HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 0029869997     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1996.tb02565.x     Document Type: Article

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