Article
Combinations of HLA-DPB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles determine susceptibility to early-onset myasthenia gravis in Japan.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1994
Horiki T, Inoko H, Moriuchi J, Ichikawa Y, Arimori S
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II alleles in the DQA1, DQB1, DRB1, and DPB1 genes were investigated in Japanese patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) by digestion of polymerase chain reaction amplified DNAs with allele specific restriction endonucleases (PCR-RFLP). A significantly higher frequency of DQB1*03, which includes *0301, *0302, *0303 and determines the serological DQ3 specificity, was observed in female patients less than 30...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Asian People
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class II
