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Linkage Analysis in Autoimmune Addison's Disease: NFATC1 as a Potential Novel Susceptibility Locus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Mitchell Anna L, Bøe Wolff Anette, MacArthur Katie, Weaver Jolanta U, Vaidya Bijay, Erichsen Martina M, Darlay Rebecca, Husebye Eystein S, Cordell Heather J, Pearce Simon H S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune Addison's disease (AAD) is a rare, highly heritable autoimmune endocrinopathy. It is possible that there may be some highly penetrant variants which confer disease susceptibility that have yet to be discovered. METHODS: DNA samples from 23 multiplex AAD pedigrees from the UK and Norway (50 cases, 67 controls) were genotyped on the Affymetrix SNP 6.0 array. Linkage analysis was performed...
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