ABSTRACT
Recently Chu et al. conducted a two-stage genome wide association study in Chinese that identified a novel X-linked Graves' disease (GD) susceptibility marker at rs3827440 - a nonsynonymous (P162S) nucleotide transition (519CSubject(s)
Chromosomes, Human, X/genetics
, Graves Disease/genetics
, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
, White People
, Adult
, Asian People
, CTLA-4 Antigen/genetics
, DNA Mutational Analysis
, Female
, Gene Frequency
, Genetic Association Studies
, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
, Genotype
, Graves Disease/epidemiology
, HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics
, Humans
, Male
, Middle Aged
, Poland
, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
, Receptors, Thyrotropin/genetics