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Heritability of thyroid peroxidase autoantibody levels in type 1 diabetes: evidence from discordant twin pairs.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 2015
Wang Bin, Hawa Mohammed I, Rijsdijk Frühling V, Fain Pamela R, Paschou Stavroula A, Boehm Bernhard O, Steck Andrea K, Snieder Harold, Leslie R David G
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The discordance status of (autoimmune) type 1 diabetes within monozygotic twin pairs points to the importance of environmental factors. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the environmental events causing type 1 diabetes influence thyroid autoimmunity. METHODS: Monozygotic and dizygotic twins discordant for type 1 diabetes from the UK and USA were tested for thyroid peroxidase...
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