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Association of HLA DQ B1* and HLA DR B1* alleles with goitrous juvenile autoimmune hypothyroidism--a case control study.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2007
Rekha P L, Valluri Vijayalakshmi, Rakh Shilpa S, Pantula Vinod, Ishaq M
Abstract excerpt
The present study was designed to analyze the distribution of HLA DQ B1* and DR B1* in patients with goitrous juvenile autoimmune hypothyroidism from Hyderabad, India. Analysis indicated an increase in the frequencies of HLA DQ B1* 03 allele (P < 0.000) and HLA DR B1* 04 (P < 0.05) alleles in thi...
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