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CTLA-4 gene A-G polymorphism and childhood Graves' disease.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2002
Yung E, Cheng P S, Fok T F, Wong G W K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Graves' disease is associated with a polymorphism at position 49 in exon 1 of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene in Caucasians and Japanese. A high incidence of childhood Graves' disease has been documented in Hong Kong Chinese. The aims of this study were to investigate the CTLA-4 gene A-G polymorphism association in Chinese children with Graves' disease. PATIENTS AND...
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