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Association of Graves' disease with intragenic polymorphism of the thyrotropin receptor gene in a cohort of Singapore patients of multi-ethnic origins.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jun 2003
Ho Su-Chin, Goh Sui-Sin, Khoo Daphne H
Abstract excerpt
Thyrotropin (TSH) receptor (TSHr) mutations have been investigated in relation to Graves' disease (GD) genetic susceptibility under the hypothesis that a modified antigen may have novel immunogenic properties. The prevalence of three germline polymorphisms--D36H, P52T, and D727E--were studied in a cohort of multiracial GD patients together with their associations with disease state, Graves' ophthalmopathy, and...
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