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Influence of the TSH receptor gene on susceptibility to Graves' disease and Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Nov 2008
Yin Xiaoming, Latif Rauf, Bahn Rebecca, Tomer Yaron, Davies Terry F
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BACKGROUND: A large gene region, called GD-1, was first described by this laboratory as linked to Graves' disease (GD) and included the gene for the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR). Recent studies have now suggested an association of TSHR intronic polymorphisms with GD. We have taken...
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