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The HLA-B gene and Hashimoto disease in Han Chinese children: a case-control and family-based study.
Tissue antigens - 1 Nov 2012
Huang C-Y, Chang T-Y, Chu C-C, Lo F-S, Ting W-H, Lin C-H, Wu Y-L, Chu S-Y, Chang S-C, Chen W-F, Lin C-L, Lin W-S, Lee Y-J
Abstract excerpt
Hashimoto disease (HD) is an autoimmune thyroid disease resulting from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene has been established to be involved in the susceptibility to HD. We aim to investigate the associations between HLA-B alleles and Han Chinese children with HD by both case-control and family-based studies. A total of 108 unrelated children...
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