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A Fas promoter polymorphism at position -670 in the enhancer region does not confer susceptibility to Felty's and large granular lymphocyte syndromes.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 1999
Coakley G, Manolios N, Loughran T P, Panayi G S, Lanchbury J S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether there are associations between a polymorphism in the Fas promoter, recently found to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and Felty's syndrome or large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukaemia. METHODS: Thirty-five patients with Felty's were studied, along with 18 patients with LGL syndrome and arthritis, 17 patients with LGL syndrome but no arthritis, and 128 controls. The...
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