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Association of HLA-Bw46DR9 combination with juvenile myasthenia gravis in Chinese.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Apr 1993
Chen W H, Chiu H C, Hseih R P
Abstract excerpt
One hundred and fifty two Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis in Taiwan were investigated for HLA-A, B, C and DR/DQ typing. HLA-Bw46 and DR9 frequencies were significantly increased in patients compared with the control group, and there was a decrease in DR3. Further analysis between different subgroups of patients showed Bw46 and DR9 were more significantly increased in the juvenile group than in the adult...
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