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Identification of a genetic risk factor for systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in the 5'-flanking region of the TNFalpha gene and HLA genes.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 1999
Date Y, Seki N, Kamizono S, Higuchi T, Hirata T, Miyata K, Ohkuni M, Tatsuzawa O, Yokota S, Joo K, Ueda K, Sasazuki T, Kimura A, Itoh K, Kato H
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OBJECTIVE: To study polymorphisms in the 5'-flanking promoter/enhancer region of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) gene and in the coding regions of HLA class I and class II genes, in order to better understand the genetic background of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: One hundred eleven Japanese JRA patients (50 with systemic disease, 29 with pauciarticular disease, and 32 with...
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