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Myasthenia Gravis and the HL-A System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ella van den Berg-Loonen ,
C.P. Engelfriet ,
T.E.W. Feltkamp ,
L.E. Nijenhuis ,
H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis ,
A.L. van Rossum  and
J.J. van Loghem
Ella van den Berg-Loonen*
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C.P. Engelfriet
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
T.E.W. Feltkamp
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L.E. Nijenhuis
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A.L. van Rossum
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J.J. van Loghem
Affiliation:
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, P.O.B. 9190, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

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On the basis of a research on 100 patients a correlation is shown to exist between myasthenia gravis and HL-A 8.

The findings further support the supposition that myasthenia gravis should be divided into two types, respectively showing an increase of HL-A 8 and an increase of HL-A 2.

Type
6. Free Contributions: Second Group
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 23 , supplement S1 , January 1974 , pp. 237 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1974

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