Behçet’s disease, the Silk Road and HLA‐B51: historical and geographical perspectives

H. Verity, David; Marr, Jane; Ohno, Shigeaki; R. Wallace, Graham; Stanford, Miles

doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540301.x

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Behçet’s disease, the Silk Road and HLA‐B51: historical and geographical perspectives

Published in Tissue Antigens • Sep 1, 1999

Authors:

David H. Verity

Jane Marr

Shigeaki Ohno

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD), also known as the Silk Road disease, is a blinding inflammatory disorder of young adults found predominantly between the Mediterranean basin and the Orient, and is strongly associated with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen HLA-B51. In this article we review th...

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Human leukocyte antigen

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