HLA class I and II polymorphisms in a large multiplex family with autoimmune thyroid diseases
Noura Elleuch-Bougacha
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorAbdellatif Maalej
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorHafedh Makni
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Bellassouad
Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Abid
Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorKhaled Ayed
Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Hopital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie and
Search for more papers by this authorDominique Charron
Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorRyadh Tamouza
Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorHammadi Ayadi
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorNoura Elleuch-Bougacha
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorAbdellatif Maalej
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorHafedh Makni
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Bellassouad
Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Abid
Service d'Endocrinologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie,
Search for more papers by this authorKhaled Ayed
Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Hopital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie and
Search for more papers by this authorDominique Charron
Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorRyadh Tamouza
Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorHammadi Ayadi
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie,
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