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Exon 33 T/T genotype of the thyroglobulin gene is a susceptibility gene for Graves' disease in Taiwanese and exon 12 C/C genotype protects against it.
Clinical and experimental medicine - 1 Mar 2008
Hsiao Jeng-Yueh, Hsieh Ming-Chia, Tien Kai-Jen, Hsu Shih-Chie, Lin Shiu-Ru, Ke Der-Shin
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This study investigates whether Tg gene polymorphisms can be associated with Graves' disease (GD) in a Taiwanese population and identifies potential polygenic susceptive genes for GD. The findings of such a study may have important implications for prognostic prediction and treatment of GD. We performed case control association studies for the 3 discovered Tg single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (E10, E12, E33)...
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