Genetics of psoriasis.

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Summary

Non-pustular psoriasis consists of two disease subtypes, type I and type II, which demonstrate distinct characteristics, and contrasting frequencies of HLA alleles are found: type I patients express predominantly HLA-Cw6, -B57, and -DR7, whereas in type II patients HLA -Cw2 is overrepresented.

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1997-08-01
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Psoriasis, Mendelian inheritance, Human leukocyte antigen, Genetics, Locus (genetics)

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