Pemphigus vulgaris in white europeans is linked with HLA class II allele HLA DRB1 1454 but not DRB1 1401

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 311-314

  Saha, Monika ^a   Harman, Karen ^b   Mortimer, Neil J ^b   Binda, Valentina ^c   Black, Martin M ^a   Kondeatis, Ellie ^c   Vaughan, Robert ^c   Groves, Richard W ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 72049085514     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.241     Document Type: Letter

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