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A systematic approach to the assessment of known TNF-alpha polymorphisms in Graves' disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2004
Simmonds M J, Heward J M, Howson J M M, Foxall H, Nithiyananthan R, Franklyn J A, Gough S C L
Abstract excerpt
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene on chromosome 6p21.3 have been associated with many autoimmune diseases; however, results have been conflicting and accurate allele frequencies have never been established in a UK Caucasian population. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of 22 known TNF-alpha SNPs in a UK Caucasian control population and...
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