HLA system and rheumatic disease
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HLA system and rheumatic disease.
Over 50 HLA antigens are now recognisable. Since we each have four antigens there are millions of possible combinations that characterise us as individuals. In humans these antigens are coded for in the major histocompatibility complex on the sixth chromosome. The loci for three of the complement components (C2, C4, and factor B) are in or near the major histocompatibility complex. In mice and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.s3-12.1.117