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Original Article

Methylation levels of the TNFA gene are different between Graves’ and Hashimoto’s diseases and influenced by the TNFA polymorphism

Emi MoritaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; View further author information
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Mikio WatanabeDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-9296View further author information
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Naoya InoueDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ;Laboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, JapanView further author information
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Hidemi HashimotoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; View further author information
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Emi HagaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; View further author information
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Yoh HidakaLaboratory for Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, JapanView further author information
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Yoshinori IwataniDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 118-125 | Received 26 Oct 2017, Accepted 28 Feb 2018, Published online: 11 Mar 2018

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