Lack of association between polymorphism of the thyrotropin receptor gene and Graves' disease in United Kingdom and Hong Kong Chinese patients: Case control and family-based studies

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 777-780

  Allahabadia, A ^a,b   Heward, J M ^a   Mijovic, C ^a   Carr Smith, J ^a   Daykin, J ^a   Cockram, C ^c   Barnett, A H ^a,b   Sheppard, M C ^a   Franklyn, J A ^a   Gough, S C L ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 13144305111     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.777     Document Type: Article

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