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Lack of association between interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms and autoimmune thyroid diseases amongst Taiwanese Chinese.
Endocrine - 1 Oct 2007
Chen Rong-Hsing, Chang Chwen-Tzuei, Wang Tzu-Yuan, Chen Ching-Chu, Tsai Chang-Hai, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) are both common autoimmune diseases of the thyroid gland (AITD). The IL-4 is involved in both humoral and cellular immunity. The aim of this study was to test whether the IL-4 gene could be used as a genetic marker to predict the development of AITD amongst the Chinese population of Taiwan. For this study, a normal control group of 105 healthy subjects and two...
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