Article
[The clinical and immunomorphological characteristics of diffuse toxic goiter].
Problemy endokrinologii - 1 Jan 2000
Bubnov A N, Bomash N Iu, Moiseeva L M
Abstract excerpt
The presence of HLA antigens B8 and DR3 in an individual is associated with his predisposition to developing Basedow's disease. A comparative study of a clinical course and immunological characterization of this disease in 208 patients, divided with relation to the presence or absence of the above antigens, showed that the disease developed in patients with HLA B8 and DR3 at a younger age and was accompanied...
Topics
- Adult
- Antibodies
- Female
- Graves Disease
- HLA-B8 Antigen
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Thyroglobulin
- Thyroid Gland