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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 exophthalmos, HLA A3 exhibited a negative but insignificant association with the eye involvement, while A19 and Cw2 showed...
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