Association between thyroid stimulating hormone receptor gene intron polymorphisms and autoimmune thyroid disease in a Chinese Han population

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Liu, Lin ^a,b   Wu, Hu qun ^c   Wang, Qiong ^a   Zhu, Yuan feng ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a   Guan, Li juan ^a   Zhang, Jin an ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Central Hospital of Nanyang   (China)

^c Xi'an XD Group Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD); Graves' disease (GD); Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR)

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84867915661     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0024     Document Type: Article

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