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A C/T single-nucleotide polymorphism in the region of the CD40 gene is associated with Graves' disease.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2002
Tomer Yaron, Concepcion Erlinda, Greenberg David A
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) develops as a result of an interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental factors. We have previously mapped a susceptibility locus for GD on chromosome 20q11 (GD-2), which has recently been independently replicated. Among the genes mapped to 20q11 was the CD40 gene, an important costimulatory molecule and a good positional candidate gene for GD. We investigated whether the CD40...
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