Polymorphisms in the TNFA and IL6 Genes Represent Risk Factors for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Background Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) comprises diseases including Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease, both characterized by reactivity to autoantigens causing, respectively, inflammatory destruction and autoimmune stimulation of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor. AI...

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Main Author: Durães, Cecília (author)
Other Authors: Moreira, Carla S. (author), Alvelos, Inês (author), Mendes, Adélia (author), Santos, Liliana R. (author), Machado, José Carlos (author), Melo, Miguel (author), Esteves, César (author), Neves, Celestino (author), Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel (author), Soares, Paula (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27703
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/27703

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