The association of HLA-DQA1*0401 and DQB1*0604 with thymomatous myasthenia gravis in northern Chinese patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 57-61

  Yang, Hongwei ^a   Hao, Junwei ^a   Peng, Xiaolin ^b   Simard, Alain R ^c   Zhang, Mingyi ^a   Xie, Yanchen ^d   Wang, Shuhui ^d  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN FIRST CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; HLA DQ; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DQ ALPHA-CHAINS; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155167271     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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