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The genetics of autoimmune endocrine disease.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jul 2003
Tait Karen F, Gough Stephen C L
Abstract excerpt
The common autoimmune endocrinopathies result from an interaction between environmental factors and genetic predisposition. Several chromosomal gene regions have been shown to contribute to more than one disease, supporting the clinical observation that the autoimmune endocrine diseases cluster within individuals and families. Genetic studies have implicated the major histocompatability complex (MHC)-human...
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