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Autoimmunity predominates in a large South African cohort with Addison's disease of mainly European descent despite long-standing disease and is associated with HLA DQB*0201.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Sept 2010
Ross Ian, Boulle Andrew, Soule Steven, Levitt Naomi, Pirie Fraser, Karlsson Anders, Mienie Japie, Yang Ping, Wang Hongjie, She Jin-Xiong, Winter William, Schatz Desmond
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether autoimmunity is the predominant cause of Addison's disease in South Africa and whether human leucocyte antigen (HLA) DQ association exists. DESIGN: We compiled a national registry of patients from primary care, referral centres and private practices. PATI...
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