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Significance of HLA in the development of Graves' orbitopathy.
Genes and immunity - 1 Feb 2023
Stasiak Magdalena, Zawadzka-Starczewska Katarzyna, Tymoniuk Bogusław, Stasiak Bartłomiej, Lewiński Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD), similarly to most autoimmune disease, is triggered by environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals. Particular HLA alleles increase or decrease GD risk. No such correlation was demonstrated for Graves' orbitopathy (GO) in Caucasian population. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DQB1 and -DRB1 genotyping was performed using a high-resolution method in a total number of 2378 persons including 70...
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