Superantigen involvement and susceptibility factors in Kawasaki disease: profiles of TCR Vβ2+ T cells and HLA-DRB1, TNF-α and ITPKC genes among Filipino patients.

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Published in Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet on March 18, 2013

Authors

Magdalena F Natividad1, Celia Aurora T Torres-Villanueva, Cynthia P Saloma

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City ; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Far Eastern University-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Quezon City, Philippines.

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