1. Major association of vitiligo with HLA-A*02:01 in Japanese.
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Jin, Ying, Hayashi, Masahiro, Fain, Pamela R., Suzuki, Tamio, Fukai, Kazuyoshi, Oiso, Naoki, Tanemura, Atsushi, Holcomb, Cherie L., Rastrou, Melinda, Erlich, Henry A., and Spritz, Richard A.
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VITILIGO ,MAJOR histocompatibility complex ,AUTOIMMUNE diseases ,AUTOIMMUNE thyroiditis ,RHEUMATOID arthritis ,PSORIASIS ,PHENOL oxidase - Abstract
The article discusses a study to investigate genetic association of vitiligo with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the Japanese population. Topics discussed include autoimmune diseases including autoimmune thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and adult-onset autoimmune diabetes in Japanese vitiligo patients, major vitiligo autoimmune antigen, tyrosinase, and activation of antimelanocyte autoreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes by tyrosinase.
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- 2015
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