A novel and major association of HLA-C in Graves' disease that eclipses the classical HLA-DRB1 effect

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2149-2153

  Simmonds, Matthew J ^a   Howson, Joanna M M ^b   Heward, Joanne M ^a   Carr Smith, Jackie ^a   Franklyn, Jayne A ^a   Todd, John A ^b   Gough, Stephen C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOANTIBODIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 34548447535     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm165     Document Type: Article

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