No association of an interleukin 4 gene promoter polymorphism with Graves' disease in the United Kingdom.
Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune thyroid disease of unknown etiology, although predisposition to the development of this disease is thought to be caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Recently, an association between a promoter polymorphism of the interleukin 4 gene and GD has...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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