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Ocular Immunology and Inflammation Volume 19, 2011 - Issue 6
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Review Article

HLA-A29 and Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Antoine P. BrézinUniversité Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Cochin Ambulatoire d’Ophtalmologie, AP-HP, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD,
Dominique MonnetUniversité Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Cochin Ambulatoire d’Ophtalmologie, AP-HP, Paris, France
, MD, PhD,
Jacques H.M. CohenLaboratoire d’Immunologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Reims and EA 3798, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 53, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France
, MD, PhD &
Ralph D. LevinsonOcular Inflammatory Disease Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
, MD
Pages 397-400 | Received 12 Jun 2011, Accepted 29 Aug 2011, Published online: 22 Nov 2011

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