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Volume 9 (2009) - May 2009

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Research article   Open Access

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

Lotus Mallbris, Katarina Wolk, Fabio Sánchez, Mona Ståhle BMC Dermatology 2009, 9:5 (29 May 2009)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |  Editor’s summary

Streptococcal infection in psoriasis patients with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-Cw0602 genotype may induce or worsen inflammatory responses in the disease, but the nature of the HLA-streptococcal interaction remains unclear.