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FH: endocrine metabolic and haem

Authoring team

  • diabetes (1)
  • thyroid disease (2)
  • pernicious anaemia (3)
  • sickle cell (4)
  • thalassaemia (5)

Reference

  1. Scott R et al. The link between Family History and risk of Type 2 Diabetes is Not Explained by Anthropometric, Lifestyle or Genetic Risk Factors: the EPIC-InterAct Study. Diabetologia. 2012 Sep 28;56(1):60–69.
  2. Kust D. The impact of familial predisposition on the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Acta Clin Belg. 2020 Apr;75(2):104-108
  3. Li X et al. Familial Risks between Pernicious Anemia and Other Autoimmune Diseases in the Population of Sweden. Autoimmune Dis. 2021 Jan 12;2021:8815297
  4. Serjeant G. The Natural History of Sickle Cell Disease. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2013 Oct;3(10):a011783.
  5. Kattamis A et al. Thalassaemia. Lancet. 2022 Jun 18;399(10343):2310-2324.

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