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HLA-Cw*0602 associates with a twofold higher prevalence of positive streptococcal throat swab at the onset of psoriasis: a case control study

BACKGROUND: The influence of streptococcal infections in the pathogenesis of psoriasis is not yet understood. In vitro data suggest that streptococcal factors influence T-cell function in psoriasis in a HLA-dependent manner, but studies designed to measure the HLA-C/Streptococci interaction are lack...

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Autores principales: Mallbris, Lotus, Wolk, Katarina, Sánchez, Fabio, Ståhle, Mona
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-5945-9-5