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Polymorphisms in CLEC16A and CIITA at 16p13 are associated with primary adrenal insufficiency.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Sept 2008
Skinningsrud Beate, Husebye Eystein S, Pearce Simon H, McDonald David O, Brandal Kristin, Wolff Anette B, Løvås Kristian, Egeland Thore, Undlien Dag E
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CONTEXT/OBJECTIVES: It is known that different autoimmune diseases often share the same susceptibility genes. In this study we aimed to investigate if loci found associated with common autoimmune diseases in recent genome-wide association studies also could be susceptibility loci for autoimmune Addison's disease (primary adrenal insufficiency). DESIGN/PATIENTS: A total of 139 tagging single nucleotide...
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