A 45-year-old member asked:
Is it weird to develop the human leukocyte antigen naturally?
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Please clarify: This is an entire system of proteins that vary from person to person. Everybody is born with some of them. Your confusion may result from this important subject -- the hla system -- being explained too quickly to you in a classroom.
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