Genetic association studies of the FOXP3 gene in Graves' disease and autoimmune Addison's disease in the United Kingdom population

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-104

  Owen, Catherine J ^a   Eden, James A ^a   Jennings, Claire E ^a   Wilson, Valerie ^a   Cheetham, Tim D ^a   Pearce, Simon H S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADDISON DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADDISON DISEASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33747892641     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.02072     Document Type: Article

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