Human leukocyte antigens associated with hyperthyroid Graves ophthalmopathy in Japanese patients

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 805-810

  Ohtsuka, Kenji ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC MARKERS; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032423164     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00248-7     Document Type: Article

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