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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Using a polymorphic dinucleotide repeat, we have investigated the contribution of the gene encoding the beta-subunit of the muscle acetylcholine receptor (CHRNB1), the target autoantigen, to the susceptibility to myasthenia gravis (MG). We have combined a case-control study (comparing 143 patients and 162 controls) and a transmission-disequilibrium test bearing on 35 simplex families with heterozygous parents. There was no evidence for an association of CHRNB1 with MG, even after subgrouping patients according to thymus histology, or other clinical criteria. Interestingly however, the shortest four variants of the CHRNB1 microsatellite were seen only in patients with thymus hyperplasia and in none of the control subjects (P < 0.0025).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
86-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
No evidence for an association of AChR beta-subunit gene (CHRNB1) with myasthenia gravis.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U25, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't