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Absence of association between interleukin 1 alpha and oligoarticular juvenile chronic arthritis in UK patients.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 1999
Donn R P, Farhan A J, Barrett J H, Thomson W, Worthington J, Ollier W E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1alpha) polymorphisms are associated with UK oligoarticular juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). PATIENTS AND CONTROLS: A well-characterized population of 164 UK Caucasian oligo-JCA patients and a control panel of 173 unrelated healthy UK Caucasian individuals. METHODS: The IL-1alpha promoter mutation at -889 was examined using a polymerase chain...
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