The genetics of complex thyroid diseases

1 Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases.- Genetic dissection of familial autoimmune thyroid diseases using whole genome screening.- Genome screening for Graves' disease susceptibility loci in U.K. families.- The involvement of the HLA region in genetic susceptibility to Grave s' disease.- HLA and autoimmune thyroid diseases.- What can we learn from the genetics of diabetes?.- The genomic biology of the human chromosome 2q33 costimulatory receptor region.- CTLA-4 gene in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease.- The evolving role of CTLA-4 in the genetic predisposition to AITD.- Association of AITD with microsatellite markers for TSHR and CTLA-4 in Japanese patients.- 2 Familial Thyroid Cancers.- Familial non medullary thyroid cancer.- Cowden disease and the PTEN/MMACI gene.- Molecular mechanisms of RET activation in human neoplasia.- Lessons from Chernobyl need for molecular epidemiology of childhood thyroid cancer.- Genetic events in radiation-induced thyroid cancer.- Keyword Index.