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Association of complement C4 and HLA-DR alleles with systemic lupus erythematosus in Koreans.

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1994

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Hong Gh, Kim Hy, F Takeuchi, Ken Nakano, H Yamada, K Matsuta, Han H, Katsushi Tokunaga, Ito K, Park Ks
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Abstract

Our data suggested that the presence of C4AQ0 allele, DRB1*1501-DRB5*0101 haplotype and DR9 contributed to susceptibility to SLE in Koreans and that Korean SLE is based on a different genetic background from Caucasian patients.