Association of 4p14 and 6q27 variation with Graves disease: a case-control study and a meta-analysis of available evidence

• Main Authors: Fa-Mei Li (Author), Lin Liu (Author), Li-Nan Pang (Author), Min Shen (Author), Hong-Wen Lu (Author), Xiao-Hong Zhang (Author), Xun Chu (Author), Zhen-ju Song (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The etiology of the Graves' disease (GD) is largely unknown. However, genetic factors are believed to play a major role. A recent genome-wide association study in a Han Chinese sample collection revealed two new Graves' disease (GD) risk loci within chromosome band 4p14...