The autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) are complex diseases that are caused by an
interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental triggers. Genetic susceptibility …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease arising through a complex
interaction of both genetic and immunologic factors. Similar to the majority of autoimmune …

Updated to reflect the newest changes in genetics, Thompson & Thompson's Genetics in
Medicine returns as one of the most favored texts in this fascinating and rapidly evolving …

Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's
thyroiditis (HT) are prevalent autoimmune diseases, affecting up to 5% of the general …

A rapid nonradioactive approach to the diagnosis of sickle cell anemia is described based
on an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (ASPCR). This method allows direct …

This article describes how genetic components of disease susceptibility can be evaluated in
case‐control studies, where cases and controls are sampled independently from the …

With continued progress in mapping and sequencing of the human genome, and increasing
recognition of the role of genes in disease etiology, there is a need for a more sophisticated …

The ability to discriminate between self and nonself antigens is vital to the functioning of the
immune system as a specific defense against invading microorganisms. Failure of the …

Background: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), including Graves' disease and
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, arise due to complex interactions between environmental and …

Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) frequently occur
together within families and in the same individual. The co-occurrence of T1D and AITD in …