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Autoimmune thyroid disease susceptibility loci in a large Chinese family.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jan 2002
Villanueva R, Tomer Y, Greenberg D A, Mao C, Concepcion E S, Tucci S, Estilo G, Davies T F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) comprising Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) are complex genetic diseases, which result from an interaction between predisposing genes and environmental triggers. The aim of our study was to dissect the genetic predisposition to GD and HT in one large Chinese family with multiple members affected with AITD. PATIENTS: We completed a whole...
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