Comparing HLA shared epitopes in French Caucasian patients with scleroderma.

Although many studies have analyzed HLA allele frequencies in several ethnic groups in patients with scleroderma (SSc), none has been done in French Caucasian patients and none has evaluated which one of the common amino acid sequences, (67)FLEDR(71), shared by HLA-DRB susceptibility alleles, or (71...

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Main Authors: Doua F Azzouz, Justyna M Rak, Isabelle Fajardy, Yannick Allanore, Kiet Phong Tiev, Dominique Farge-Bancel, Marielle Martin, Sami B Kanaan, Philippe P Pagni, Eric Hachulla, Jean Robert Harlé, Rémi Didelot, Brigitte Granel, Jean Cabane, Jean Roudier, Nathalie C Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352938?pdf=render