Assessment of Association between Duffy Blood Group Phenotypes and Susceptibility to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and its Severity
نویسندگان
1 Medical student at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
2 Assistant professor of hematology and oncology, Shiraz Hematology Research Center, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
3 MD graduate of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
4 Assistant Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
5 Medical student at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
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چکیده
Background: Considering the role of Duffy antigenic system expression on RBCs as chemokines for inflammatory cytokines, expression of Duffy antigens as different phenotypes was studied in a group of patients with SLE. The association between different phenotypes of Duffy antigens and occurrence of SLE and its severity was assessed. Methods: This ...
