Article
Tumour necrosis factor beta gene polymorphisms in myasthenia gravis.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Dec 1998
Zelano G, Lino M M, Evoli A, Settesoldi D, Batocchi A P, Torrente I, Tonali P A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analyses indicate that genes within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) can be involved in susceptibility to autoimmune disease. To investigate the role of the tumour necrosis factor beta (TNFB) gene in myasthenia gravis (MG) susceptibility, we analysed an NcoI polymorphism within...
Topics
- Alleles
- Female
- Genotype
- HLA-A1 Antigen
- HLA-B8 Antigen
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Lymphotoxin-alpha
- Male
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Thymoma
- Thymus Hyperplasia