Polymorphisms in the TNFA and IL6 Genes Represent Risk Factors for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

• Cecília Durães ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cecília Durães, Carla S. Moreira

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

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• Carla S. Moreira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cecília Durães, Carla S. Moreira

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Inês Alvelos,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

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• Adélia Mendes,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

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• Liliana R. Santos,

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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• José Carlos Machado,

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Miguel Melo,

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University and Hospital Center of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Unit of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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• César Esteves,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal

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• Celestino Neves,

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal

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• Manuel Sobrinho-Simões,

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Paula Soares

  * E-mail: psoares@ipatimup.pt

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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