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Evidence for a major role of heredity in Graves' disease: a population-based study of two Danish twin cohorts.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2001
Brix T H, Kyvik K O, Christensen K, Hegedüs L
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of Graves' disease (GD), affecting up to 2% of a population in iodine-sufficient areas, is incompletely understood. According to current thinking, the development of GD depends on complex interactions among genetic, environmental, and endogenous factors. However, the relative contributions of the genetic and environmental factors remain to be clarified. In this study we report probandwise concordance...
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