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Heterogeneous immunogenetic background in Japanese adults with myasthenia gravis.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Aug 2001
Suzuki S, Kuwana M, Yasuoka H, Tanaka K, Fukuuchi Y, Kawakami Y
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to elucidate the roles of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes in disease susceptibility in Japanese adult patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). A number of studies have shown that MG is correlated with DR3 in Caucasians. In Japanese, infantile MG is associated with DR9, but the HLA class II alleles associated with adult MG remains unclear. HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles were...
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