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[Predisposition to autoimmune thyroid diseases within a Tunisian multiplex family].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jul 2009
Charfi N, Chabchoub G, Mnif M, Elleuch Bougacha N, Jouida J, Ayadi H, Abid M
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) are multifactorial diseases which result from interplays between predisposing genes and triggering environmental factors. In order to study the genetic susceptibility factors to AITDs, we have followed up 115 control members belonging to a large Tunisian family with a high prevalence of AITDs (Akr family) during 15 years between 1990 to 2005. The follow-up of these control...
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