Myasthenia gravis with thymic hyperplasia is associated with polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor region

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 May 13:841:368-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10949.x.

Authors

P Hjelmström¹, C S Peacock, R Giscombe, R Pirskanen, A K Lefvert, J M Blackwell, C B Sanjeevi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 9668261
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10949.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics
Adult
Alleles
Female
HLA-DQ Antigens / genetics
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DR3 Antigen / genetics
Haplotypes
Humans
Hyperplasia
Lymphotoxin-alpha / genetics
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Myasthenia Gravis / genetics*
Myasthenia Gravis / immunology*
Myasthenia Gravis / pathology
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*
Reference Values
Thymus Gland / pathology*
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics*

Substances

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DQB1 antigen
HLA-DR3 Antigen
Lymphotoxin-alpha
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
TAP2 protein, human