Genetic study of early‐onset Graves’ disease in the Chinese Han population

Graves’ disease ( GD ) is a complex autoimmune disorder in which genetic and environmental factors are both involved in the pathogenesis. Early‐onset patients have a shorter exposure time to environmental factors and are, therefore, good models to help understand the genetic architecture of GD . Based on previous studies of early‐onset GD , 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs ) and their related SNPs ( R 2 > .6), SNPs located within a...