Frequency of HLA-DPB1 alleles in multiple sclerosis patients from Northern Ireland.
Using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes, no altered distribution in the frequency of HLA-DPB1 alleles was found in multiple sclerosis patients from Northern Ireland. Although present in the controls, linkage disequilibrium between HLA-DPB1*0101 and HLA-DR17 was not found in multiple sclerosis patients.
Middleton
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Northern Ireland Tissue Typing Service, City Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Savage
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Cullen
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Trainor
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Mallon
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Hawkins
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D000483:Alleles; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000208:ethnology
D006682:HLA-DP Antigens