Article
TAP polymorphisms in Swedish myasthenia gravis patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 1997
Hjelmström P, Giscombe R, Lefvert A K, Pirskanen R, Kockum I, Landin-Olsson M, Sanjeevi C B
Abstract excerpt
The association between myasthenia gravis (MG) and TAP polymorphisms was studied in 79 Swedish patients and 155 unrelated controls. TAP typing was performed by ARMS-PCR technique and stratification analysis was used to determine if the TAP associations were independent or secondary to linkage dis...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Alleles
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Frequency
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Sweden