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CTLA-4 as a genetic determinant in autoimmune Addison's disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2015
Wolff A S B, Mitchell A L, Cordell H J, Short A, Skinningsrud B, Ollier W, Badenhoop K, Meyer G, Falorni A, Kampe O, Undlien D, Pearce S H S, Husebye E S
Abstract excerpt
In common with several other autoimmune diseases, autoimmune Addison's disease (AAD) is thought to be caused by a combination of deleterious susceptibility polymorphisms in several genes, together with undefined environmental factors and stochastic events. To date, the strongest genomic association with AAD has been with alleles at the HLA locus, DR3-DQ2 and DR4. The contribution of other genetic variants has...
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