MHC class IIregion, CTLA4 gene, and ophthalmopathy in patients with Graves' disease

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9286, 2001, Pages 984-985

  Allahabadia, A ^a,b   Heward, J M ^a   Nithiyananthan, R ^a   Gibson, S M ^a   Reuser, T T Q ^b   Dodson, P M ^b   Franklyn, J A ^a   Gough, S C L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; ABATACEPT; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LETTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 0035934489     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06125-6     Document Type: Article

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