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Resistance to autoimmune thyroid disease is associated with HLA-DQ.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 1994
Tamai H, Kimura A, Dong R P, Matsubayashi S, Kuma K, Nagataki S, Sasazuki T
Abstract excerpt
Genotypes of DQA1 and DQB1 genes were determined by polymerase chain reaction followed by dot blot hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes in 105 patients with goitrous autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and in 67 patients with Graves' disease to investigate whether specific DQ alleles were associated with susceptibility or resistance to autoimmune thyroid diseases. Hashimoto's...
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