Lack of association of the vitamin D receptor gene with Graves' disease in UK Caucasians

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 618-624

  Collins, J E ^a   Heward, J M ^a   Nithiyananthan, R ^a   Mejentsev, S ^b   Todd, J A ^b   Franklyn, J A ^a   Gough, S C L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 2442689004     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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