Japanese and human leukocyte antigens (HLA) Archives

Abstract Number: 183 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
A Strong Association Between HLA-A*26 and Behçet’s Syndrome in Japanese Patients: From Two-Center Cohort Study of Behçet’s Syndrome
Tatsuo Kobayashi¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto², Kazuki Yoshida¹, Yuri Ohara³, Hiroto Nakano¹, Masahiro Minoda¹, Hideto Oshikawa¹ and Kazuo Matsui¹, ¹Rheumatology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan, ²Division of Allergy and Rheumatology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ³Allergy and Rheumatology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: An association between Behçet’s Syndrome (BS) and HLA-B*51 is widely reported among many different ethnic groups. Recently, a few reports from Taiwan, Greece and…

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