CYP27B1 gene polymorphism is associated with Graves' disease in a Polish population study

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1107-1108

  Kurylowicz, Alina ^a   Badenhoop, Klaus ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANTITHYROID AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; CALCITRIOL; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 27B1; CYTOSINE; THYMINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D3 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 26944432669     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1107     Document Type: Letter

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