Skewed X Chromosome Inactivation and Female Preponderance in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: An Association Study and Meta-Analysis - Simmonds, Matthew J.; Kavvoura, Fotini K.; Brand, Oliver J.; Newby, Paul R.; Jackson, Laura E.; Hargreaves, Chantal E.; Franklyn, Jayne A.; Gough, Stephen C. L. (The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Case-Control Studies; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Females; Genetic Association Studies; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Graves disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Humans; Male; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Pedigree; Sex Factors; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid gland; Thyroiditis; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - epidemiology; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune - genetics; United Kingdom - epidemiology; White people; X Chromosome Inactivation - genetics; X chromosomes; X-chromosome inactivation; Young Adult; United Kingdom--UK