Eye findings and immunological markers in probands and their euthyroid relatives from a single family with multiple cases of thyroid autoimmunity

BACKGROUND: Ophthalmopathy is a common manifestation of Graves’ disease (GD) occurring in up to 50% of patients. Mild eye signs are also common in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Whilst a genetic predisposition to GD has been demonstrated this is not the case for the ophthalmopathy which ofte...

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Autores principales: Ardley, Melissa, McCorquodale, Thomas, Lahooti, Hooshang, Champion, Bernard, Wall, Jack R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-5-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-5-4

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