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Analysis of immune regulatory genes' copy number variants in Graves' disease.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2011
Huber Amanda K, Concepcion Erlinda S, Gandhi Alisha, Menconi Francesca, Smith Eric P, Keddache Mehdi, Tomer Yaron
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Copy number variants (CNVs) have recently been reported to be associated with several autoimmune conditions. Moreover, loci involved in immunity are enriched in CNVs. Therefore, we hypothesized that CNVs in immune genes associated with Graves' disease (GD) may contribute to the etiology of disease. METHODS: One hundred ninety-one North American Caucasian GD patients and 192 Caucasian controls were...
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