Investigation of the association between mercury sensitization and HLA-DR6

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-

  Sato, Kazuhiro ^a   Kusaka, Yukinori ^a   Zhang, Qunwei ^a   Yanagihara, Makoto ^a   Ueda, Keiichi ^a   Morihiro, Hironori ^a   Ishii, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic basis; HLA DR; Immunological basis; Mercury sensitization; Patch test

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR6 ANTIGEN; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETIOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 9244227108     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02205.x     Document Type: Article

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