Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study was the assessment of association of two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene with anti TPO antibody titer for the first time.Materials and methods: In this case–control study, peripheral blood samples of 428 individuals, 178 men (29–76 y) and 250 women (21–76 y) from unrelated families were genotyped (G1201T of exon 8 and A2257C of exon 12) by PCR amplification and RLFP met...