title: Goitrous Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Lack of association with HLA antigens.
abstract: We studied HLA antigen frequency in 54 carefully selected patients with goitrous Hashimoto's thyroiditis. All had an appropriate clinical course, positive family history, antithyroid antibodies and/or a needle biopsy indicating chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. We found no statistically significant association with any HLA-A, -B, -C or DR specificity.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Fein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Nikolai
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smallridge
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II