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Association of ITM2A rs1751094 polymorphism on X chromosome in Korean pediatric patients with autoimmune thyroid disease.
Immunity, inflammation and disease - 1 Mar 2023
Cho Won K, Baek In-Cheol, Kim Sung E, Kim Mirae, Kim Tai-Gyu, Suh Byung-Kyu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) manifests with a female predominance, and much attention has been directed towards the integral membrane protein 2 A (ITM2A) gene located on the X chromosome. METHODS: In a study of 166 pediatric patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), the ITM2A rs1751094 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was genotyped. The sample comprised 143 females and 23 males, with...
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