FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB polymorphisms in myasthenia gravis.

doi:10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00174-4

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FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB polymorphisms in myasthenia gravis.

Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 1998

Raknes G, Skeie G O, Gilhus N E, Aadland S, Vedeler C

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The Fcgamma receptors, FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB contain polymorphisms with different capacity for IgG binding and phagocytosis. Thirty myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 49 healthy controls were genotyped for the FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB polymorphisms using polymerase chain reaction. The...

Topics

Age of Onset
Alleles
Autoimmune Diseases
Disease Susceptibility
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Myasthenia Gravis
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, IgG
Thymoma
Thymus Neoplasms

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