Article
Immunogenetic markers in patients with Graves' disease.
Klinische Wochenschrift - 4 Apr 1991
Schifferdecker E, Kühnl P, Schöffling K, Manfras B, Holzberger G, Spielmann W, Böhm B O
Abstract excerpt
110 carefully characterized Caucasoid patients with Graves' disease were tested for HLA class I and class II antigens. Compared with Caucasian controls (n = 193), the frequencies of HLA B8, Cw7 and DR3 were significantly increased (pc less than 0.05). In the subgroups with and without exophthalmo...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autoantibodies
- Female
- Graves Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptors, Thyrotropin