Heritability of Addison ’s disease and prevalence of associated autoimmunity in a cohort of 112,100 Swedish twins

ConclusionsThe heritability of AAD appears to be very high, emphasizing the need for further research on the genetic etiology of the disease. Monozygotic twin concordance for multiple autoimmune manifestations suggests strong genetic influence on disease specificity in organ-specific autoimmunity.
Source: Endocrine - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research