Role of HLA-B and C alleles in development of psoriasis in patients from North India

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 618-622

  Rani, R ^a,b   Narayan, R ^c   Fernandez Vina, M A ^a   Stastny, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

HLA antigens; PCR SSOP; Psoriasis vulgaris

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0031749157     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03004.x     Document Type: Article

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