HLA-DQB1*05 association with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in children of northern Greek origin

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-496

  Giza, Styliani ^a   Galli Tsinopoulou, Assimina ^a   Lazidou, Panagiota ^b   Trachana, Maria ^a   Goulis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; HLA DRB1 HLA DQB1 alleles

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GREECE; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBERTY;

EID: 45849102707     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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