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Genetic Risk Factors for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease might Affect the Susceptibility to and Modulate the Progression of Primary Biliary Cholangitis.
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD - 1 Sept 2017
Kuś Aleksander, Arłukowicz-Grabowska Magdalena, Szymański Konrad, Wunsch Ewa, Milkiewicz Małgorzata, Płoski Rafał, Shums Zakera, Norman Gary L, Milkiewicz Piotr, Bednarczuk Tomasz, Krawczyk Marcin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) frequently suffer from extrahepatic autoimmune conditions, of which autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is one of the most common. Previous studies identified several genetic variants increasing the odds of developing AITD. Here we investigate whether AITD-associated polymorphisms might also play a role in the development and clinical course of...
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