Article
Myasthenia gravis and HLA phenotypes in Jamaicans.
Southern medical journal - 1 Sept 1992
Barton E N, Smikle M, Morgan O S
Abstract excerpt
We determined HLA-antigen frequencies and corresponding relative risks (RR) in 30 Jamaicans with myasthenia gravis (MG) and 40 normal controls. Using a microcytotoxicity assay and commercially prepared typing trays, we found that the strongest HLA associations with MG in Jamaicans were with HLA-A...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-A2 Antigen
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Hospitals, University
- Humans
- Jamaica
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Middle Aged