Association of FcGRIIa with Graves' disease: A potential role for dysregulated autoantibody clearance in disease onset/progression

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Yesmin, Kadija ^a   Hargreaves, Chantal ^a   Newby, Paul R ^a   Brand, Oliver J ^a   Heward, Joanne M ^a   Franklyn, Jayne A ^a   Gough, Stephen C L ^a   Simmonds, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FC RECEPTOR IIA; FC RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IGG;

EID: 77953735413     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03780.x     Document Type: Article

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