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Statistical testing of shared genetic control for potentially related traits [PDF]
Integration of data from genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) association studies of different traits should allow researchers to disentangle the genetics of potentially related traits within individually associated regions. Formal statistical colocalisation testing of individual regions, which requires selection of a set of SNPs ...
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Insulin gene polymorphisms in type I diabetes, Addison's disease and the polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II [PDF]
Background: Polymorphisms within the insulin gene can influence insulin expression in the pancreas and especially in the thymus, where self-antigens are processed, shaping the T cell repertoire into selftolerance, a process that protects from ß-cell ...
Badenhoop, Klaus+9 more
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Hashimoto encephalopathy: Neurological and psychiatric perspective [PDF]
Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE) is an autoimmune disease with neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations and elevated titers of antithyroid antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Patients are mostly women.
Lačković Maja+2 more
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Role of selenium deficiency in pediatrics with acquired hypothyroidism
Background: Although selenium is one of the nutrients that has an important role in the metabolism of thyroid hormones, it has been investigated in rare studies.
Hossein Moravej+7 more
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Association between CD40 C/T1 polymorphism and familial autoimmune thyroid disease
High prevalence of family cases of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) causes requirement of researching this group of patients. The objective of this study is to estimate genotypes and alleles frequencies of CD40 C(1)T poly morphism (rs1883832) in Graves`
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Introduction and objective Hashimoto’s disease, the most common cause of hypothyroidism, may present a variety of non-specific symptoms, including those related to the musculoskeletal system, such as pain in muscles, joints, stiffness or numbness.
Magdalena Gluza+2 more
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Roles of GM-CSF in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases: An Update. [PDF]
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) was first described as a growth factor that induces the differentiation and proliferation of myeloid progenitors in the bone marrow.
Adorini+134 more
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Coexistence of sarcoidosis and Hashimoto thyroiditis
Sarcoidosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease with unknown cause characterized by non-caseating granuloma formations. It can present with bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, skin lesions, eye involvement and locomotor system findings. Hashimoto thyroiditis
H. Semiz, M. Yalcin, S.V. Kobak
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus: insight into the autoimmune pathogenesis, clinical features and therapy [PDF]
Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a rare autoimmune skin disease that is always associated with a neoplasm. Usually, oral, skin, and mucosal lesions are the earliest manifestations shown by paraneoplastic pemphigus patients.
Andrea Ciofalo+21 more
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Vitiligo and autoimmune thyroid disorders [PDF]
Vitiligo represents the most common cause of acquired skin, hair and oral depigmentation, affecting 0.5-1% of the population worldwide. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of disfiguring circumscribed skin macules following melanocyte ...
Baldini, Enke+10 more
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