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HLA class II associations in African-American female patients with Graves' disease.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Feb 1996
Yanagawa T, DeGroot L J
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune thyroid disease. Development of the disease phenotype is believed to be dependent on environmental factors and the action of several genes either in concert or in independent groups. Genes of, or closely associated to, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex are important in determining genetic predisposition to GD in various ethnic groups. We previously reported that no...
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