The role of common genetic markers in susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and autoimmune thyroid diseases

Abstract

This review generalizes current data on the genes responsible for combined susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and autoimmune thyroid diseases. Analysisof the role of common genetic markers facilitates understanding their contribution to the development of each of the two or several concomitantautoimmune diseases affecting a single patient

Keywords

• type 1 diabetes
• autoimmune thyroid disease
• combined susceptibility genes