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Genetic developments in autoimmune thyroid disease: an evolutionary process.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2008
Zeitlin Abigail A, Simmonds Matthew J, Gough Stephen C L
Abstract excerpt
The identification of genes placing individuals at an increased risk for the development of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) has been a slow process. However, over the last 20 years or so real progress has been made with the mapping of novel loci, via a number of different approaches. First, through the use of traditional immunological methods, Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA)/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)...
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