Association of the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor gene (TSHR) with Graves' disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1704-1713

  Brand, Oliver J ^a   Barrett, Jeffrey C ^b   Simmonds, Matthew J ^a   Newby, Paul R ^a   McCabe, Christopher J ^a   Bruce, Christopher K ^a   Kysela, Boris ^a   Carr Smith, Jackie D ^a   Brix, Thomas ^d   Hunt, Penny J ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar M ^e   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^d   Connell, John ^f   Wass, John A H ^c   Franklyn, Jayne A ^a   Weetman, Anthony P ^g   Heward, Joanne M ^a   Gough, Stephen C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 64549147052     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp087     Document Type: Article

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