Association of HLA-DR, -DQ genotype and CTLA-4 gene polymorphism with Graves' disease in Japanese children

Hormone Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Iwama, Saika ^a,f   Ikezaki, Ayako ^a   Kikuoka, Noriko ^a   Kim, Hye Sook ^a   Matsuoka, Hisafumi ^a   Yanagawa, Tatsuo ^b   Sato, Hirokazu ^c   Hoshi, Mari ^d   Sakamaki, Tateo ^e   Sugihara, Shigetaka ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

^c CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Matsudo Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTLA 4; Graves' disease; HLA; Japanese children

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 20944442099     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083137     Document Type: Article

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