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The aim of this review is to provide a brief overview of the role and current clinical relevance of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthritis and HLA-B51 in Behcet’s disease as well as HLA-DQ2/DQ8 in celiac disease and HLA-DRB1 in rheumatoid arthritis and to discuss possible future implications.
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Bodis, G., Toth, V., Schwarting, A. (2018). Role of Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) in Autoimmune Diseases. In: Boegel, S. (eds) HLA Typing. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1802. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8546-3_2
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