Vitiligo is associated with HLA-A2 and HLA-Dw7 in the Slovak population

Folia Biologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-25

  Buc, M ^a   Busova B ^a   Hegyi, E ^b   Kolibasova K ^b  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b University Hospital Ruzinov   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

HLA antigens; Slovak population; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA D ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0029913201     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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