Association of HLA-DQA1*0501 with Graves' disease in English Caucasian men and women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Barlow, A B T ^a   Wheatcroft, N ^a   Watson, P ^a   Weetman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030068882     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.634454.x     Document Type: Article

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