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PDS is a new susceptibility gene to autoimmune thyroid diseases: association and linkage study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2003
Hadj Kacem Hassen, Rebai Ahmed, Kaffel Noureddine, Masmoudi Saber, Abid Mohamed, Ayadi Hammadi
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), including Graves' disease (GD), Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT), and primary idiopathic myxedema, is caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Genes involved in immune response and/or thyroid physiology appear to influence susceptibility to disease. The PDS gene (7q31), responsible for Pendred syndrome (congenital sensorineural hearing loss and goiter), encodes a...
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