HLA Control of Thyroglobulin-Induced Blast-Transformation in Graves’ Disease

1 January 1981

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Human Heredity

Vol. 31 (5) , 322-324
https://doi.org/10.1159/000153230

Abstract

We studied 80 patients with Graves’ disease for lymphocyte transformation in response to thyroglobulin. HLA-DR3 patients showed significantly greater response than DR.Vnegative patients.

Keywords

HLA
BLAST TRANSFORMATION
THYROGLOBULIN
GRAVES’ DISEASE