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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the genetic susceptibility of HLA-DQB1 alleles to duodenal ulcer in Chinese Hans from Guangdong area around.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Hundred and five patients with duodenal ulcer and hundred and five healthy controls were examined for HLA-DQB1 genotypes. HLA-DQB1 allele typing was carried out by polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The allele frequency of HLA-DQB1*0602 in patients with duodenal ulcer (64.8%) was significantly higher than that in healthy controls (14.3%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>These findings suggest that HLA-DQB1*0602 is a susceptible gene to duodenal ulcer in Guangdong Hans of China. And at HLA-DQB1 site, there are immunogenetic differences between duodenal ulcer patients and healthy controls.</p>