HLA class II genotypes in Mexican Mestizo patients with myasthenia gravis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 707-710

  Garcia Ramos G ^a   Tellez Zenteno J F ^a   Zapata Zuniga M ^a   Yamamoto Furusho, J K ^a   Ruiz Morales, J A ^a   Villarreal Garza, C ^a   Vargas Alarcon G ^b   Estanol B ^a   Llorente, L ^a   Granados, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

HLA genes; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMOMA; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0347595368     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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