DISSECTING THE GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GRAVES’ DISEASE IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN

DISSECTING THE GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO GRAVES’ DISEASE IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN

Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune oligogenic disorder with a strong hereditary component. Several GD-susceptibility genes have been identified and confirmed during the last two decades. However, there are very few studies that evaluated susceptibility genes for GD in specific geographic subsets....

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Main Authors: Angela eLombardi, Francesca eMenconi, David eGreenberg, Erlinda eConcepcion, Marenza eLeo, Roberto eRocchi, Michele eMarinó, Mehdi eKeddache, Yaron eTomer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Thyroid Diseases
Graves' disease
SNP association study
Italian patients
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2016.00021/full

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