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Association Between Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2024
Liang Jialin, Jing Zhaopu, Cai Yuanqing, Lv Leifeng, Zhang Guangyang, Nan Kai, Dang Xiaoqian
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Background: We aim to investigate the possible causal association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using Mendelian randomization (MR) methods. Methods: A bidirectional MR analysis was conducted to evaluate the causal association between HT and RA. We obtained summary statistics data from two extensive genome-wide association studies (GWAS) comprising 15,654 cases of HT and 14,361...
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