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No association of the codon 55 methionine to valine polymorphism in the SUMO4 gene with Graves' disease.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Mar 2005
Jennings Claire E, Owen Catherine J, Wilson Valerie, Pearce Simon H S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A functional polymorphism at codon 55 of the small ubiquitin-like modifier-4 (SUMO4) gene (methionine to valine; M55V) has recently been associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). We aimed to establish whether this locus also contributes towards the genetic susceptibility to Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune Addison's disease. DESIGN: A case-control analysis was performed using genomic DNA...
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