The HLA-DQ associations with Graves' disease in Chinese children

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-495

  Wong, Gary W K ^a   Cheng, S H ^a   Dorman, J S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032954096     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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