Association of HLA-DQB1*05:02 and DRB1*16 alleles with late-onset, nonthymomatous, AChR-Ab-positive myasthenia gravis

Autoimmune Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Testi, Manuela ^a   Terracciano, Chiara ^b   Guagnano, Annalisa ^a   Testa, Giuseppe ^a   Marfia, Girolama A ^b   Pompeo, Eugenio ^b   Andreani, Marco ^a   Massa, Roberto ^b,c  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 05:02; HLA DRB1 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; ALLELE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ITALY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84874855290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/541760     Document Type: Article

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