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Significant Association of HLA-B Alleles and Genotypes in Thai Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case-Control Study.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2015
Puangpetch Apichaya, Suwannarat Pongwut, Chamnanphol Montri, Koomdee Napatrupron, Ngamsamut Nattawat, Limsila Penkhae, Sukasem Chonlaphat
Abstract excerpt
Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Many susceptible causative genes have been identified. Most of the previous reports showed the relationship between the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) gene and etiology of autism. In order to identify HLA-B alleles associated with autism in Thai population, we compared the frequency of HLA-B allele in 364 autistic subjects with 952 normal subjects by using a...
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