Article
Analysis of HLA-DQB and HLA-DPB alleles in Graves' disease by oligonucleotide probing of enzymatically amplified DNA.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jul 1990
Weetman A P, Zhang L, Webb S, Shine B
Abstract excerpt
We have tested the possible association of HLA-DQB and HLA-DPB alleles with Graves' thyrotoxicosis, with or without severe ophthalmopathy, by polymerase chain amplification of genomic DNA and allele-specific oligonucleotide probing. There was no significantly abnormal distribution of DQB alleles compared to 50 control subjects except for a reduced prevalence of DQw 3.1 in the Graves' patients with severe...
Topics
- Alleles
- Graves Disease
- HLA-DP Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Humans
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
- Oligonucleotide Probes
