Novel associations for hypothyroidism include known autoimmune risk loci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Eriksson, Nicholas ^a   Tung, Joyce Y ^a   Kiefer, Amy K ^a   Hinds, David A ^a   Francke, Uta ^a   Mountain, Joanna L ^a   Do, Chuong B ^a  

^a 23andMe Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOXE1 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PTPN22 GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SH2B3 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID FUNCTION; VAV3 GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; LNK PROTEIN, HUMAN; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 22; PROTEIN; PTPN22 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VAV PROTEIN; VAV3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 22; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 84859506990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034442     Document Type: Article

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