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Thyroid autoantibody production is influenced by exon 1 and promoter CTLA‐4 polymorphisms in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
14 Feb 2006
Abstract excerpt
Strong genetic susceptibility to thyroid autoantibody (TAb) diathesis has been shown and one of the major genes involved is probably CTLA-4 gene. Our recent study of patients with Graves' disease has demonstrated that exon 1 CTLA-4 gene polymorphism influences higher TAb production. Here, we evaluated the influence of exon 1 and promoter CTLA-4 polymorphisms on TAb production in 109 newly diagnosed patients with...
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