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High Frequency of Skewed X-Chromosome Inactivation in Females with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Possible Explanation for the Female Predisposition to Thyroid Autoimmunity

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2005

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Thomas Heiberg Brix, Gun Peggy Knudsen, Marianne Kristiansen, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Karen Helene Ørstavik, László Hegedüs
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

These observations suggest a possible role of XCI in the etiology of AITD and may in part explain the female preponderance of AITD.

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