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Histocompatibility leucocyte antigens and closely linked immunomodulatory genes in autoimmune thyroid disease.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2001
Hunt P J, Marshall S E, Weetman A P, Bunce M, Bell J I, Wass J A, Welsh K I
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OBJECTIVES: Associations between autoimmune thyroid disease and antigens of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have long been recognized. Graves' disease (GD) is associated with the histocompatibility leucocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype A*01-B*0801-DRB1*0301-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 (or B8/DR3) whereas autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIH) has been weakly associated with HLA DRB1*03, *04 and *11/*12 alleles (or DR3,...
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