Comprehensive genotyping in two homogeneous Graves' disease samples reveals major and novel HLA association alleles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Pei Lung ^a   Fann, Cathy Shen Jang ^b,c   Chu, Chen Chung ^d   Chang, Chien Ching ^b   Chang, Su Wei ^b   Hsieh, Hsin Yi ^b   Lin, Marie ^d   Yang, Wei Shiung ^a,e   Chang, Tien Chun ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; TAIWAN;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79551546285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016635     Document Type: Article

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