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The human leukocyte antigen HLA DRB3*020/DQA1*0501 haplotype is associated with Graves' disease in African Americans.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2000
Chen Q Y, Nadell D, Zhang X Y, Kukreja A, Huang Y J, Wise J, Svec F, Richards R, Friday K E, Vargas A, Gomez R, Chalew S, Lan M S, Tomer Y, Maclaren N K
Abstract excerpt
Information on genetic susceptibility to Graves' disease in African Americans is limited. We studied DRB1, DQB1, DRB3 subtypes, DQA1*0501, DQA1*0201, and CTLA-4 polymorphisms in 49 African American patients with adult onset Graves' disease and 47 racially-matched controls using PCR-based sequence-specific priming methods. There were no significant differences in DRB1 or DQB1 allelic frequencies or CTLA-4...
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