Association of the CTLA4 gene with Graves' disease in the Chinese Han population.

To determine whether genetic heterogeneity exists in patients with Graves' disease (GD), the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated 4 (CTLA-4) gene, which is implicated a susceptibility gene for GD by considerable genetic and immunological evidence, was used for association analysis in a Chinese Han...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shuang-Xia Zhao, Chun-Ming Pan, Huang-Ming Cao, Bing Han, Jing-Yi Shi, Jun Liang, Guan-Qi Gao, Yong-De Peng, Qing Su, Jia-Lun Chen, Jia-Jun Zhao, Huai-Dong Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2843719?pdf=render