New Genetic Insights from Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
The autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) (Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) are complex genetic diseases which most likely have more than 20 genes contributing to the clinical phenotypes. To date, the genes known to be contributing fall into two categories: immune regulatory genes (includi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Thyroid Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/623852 |