Lack of association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and HLA-DR13.

doi:10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01999.x

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Lack of association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and HLA-DR13.

Epilepsia - 1 Jan 1999

Le Hellard S, Neidhart E, Thomas P, Feingold J, Malafosse A, Tafti M

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PURPOSE: We sought to replicate and extend a previously reported positive association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and HLA-DR13. METHODS: Ninety-three subjects with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and 93 normal blood donors, entirely of white origin with their families mostly of French extract...

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Alleles
Epilepsies, Myoclonic
Ethnicity
France
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DR Serological Subtypes
Haplotypes
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans

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