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The genetics of Graves' disease.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2000
Gough S C
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease is a complex autoimmune disorder in which several genetic susceptibility loci and environmental factors are likely to contribute to the development of disease. HLA and the CTLA-4 gene region have been established as susceptibility loci, although the magnitude of their contributions seems to vary between data sets and geographic populations. Genome-wide searches are beginning to identify new loci,...
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