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CD40 C/T-1 polymorphism plays different roles in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a meta-analysis.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jan 2012
Li Ming, Sun Haiming, Liu Shoujun, Yu Jun, Li Qiang, Liu Peng, Shen Hongmei, Sun Dianjun
Abstract excerpt
CD40 plays a pathogenic role in various autoimmune diseases. However, studies investigating the association between CD40 C/T-1 polymorphism and autoimmune thyroid diseases risk have reported conflicting results and their relative population effect remains unclear; therefore, a meta-analysis was conducted. The data for this meta-analysis included 14 (4214 cases and 3851 controls) and 4 studies (623 cases and...
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