Identification of HLA-DRB1*04:10 allele as risk allele for Japanese moyamoya disease and its association with autoimmune thyroid disease: A case-control study.
Ryosuke TashiroKuniyasu NiizumaSeik-Soon KhorKatsushi TokunagaMiki FujimuraHiroyuki SakataHidenori EndoHidetoshi InokoKoetsu OgasawaraTeiji TominagaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
HLA-DRB1*04:10 is a risk allele and HLA-DRB1*04:10-HLA-DQB1*04:02 a risk haplotype for MMD. In addition, HLA-DRB1*04:10 is associated with thyroid disease in MMD patients.