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HLA-DRB3*0101 is associated with Graves' disease in Jamaicans.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 2001
Smikie M F, Pascoe R W, Barton E, Morgan O, Christian N, Dowe G, Roye-Green K, Bailey V, James O
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OBJECTIVES: Graves' disease is associated with different human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes in different populations. This studywasdesigned to examinethe HLA class II associations with Graves' disease in Jamaicans. PATIENTS: One hundred and six Jamaicans with Graves' disease and 104 controls. DESIGN: Oligotyping for HLA-DRB1, DRB3, DQA1 and DQB1 alleles was performed using the polymerase chain reaction sequence...
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