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Genome-wide scan of Graves' disease: evidence for linkage on chromosome 5q31 in Chinese Han pedigrees.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2003
Jin Ying, Teng Weiping, Ben Songtao, Xiong Xiaoyan, Zhang Jing, Xu Shijie, Shugart Yin Yao, Jin Li, Chen Jialun, Huang Wei
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD), which is a common organ-specific autoimmune disorder, is multifactorial and develops in genetically susceptible individuals. Despite many studies of candidate genes, only associations with human leukocyte antigen and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 have been generally detec...
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