Association between HLA-DRB1 and myasthenia gravis in a northern Han Chinese population

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1524-1527

  Xie, Yan Chen ^a   Qu, Yuan ^a   Sun, Liang ^b   Li, Hai Feng ^c   Zhang, Hua ^b   Shi, Hui Jing ^a   Jiang, Bin ^a   Zhao, Yuan ^a   Qiao, Shan Shan ^a   Wang, Shu Hui ^a   Wang, De Xin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Myasthenia gravis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence specific oligonucleotide probe

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 80053565416     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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