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Genetic association between rheumatoid arthritis and estrogen receptor microsatellite polymorphism.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jul 2000
Takagi H, Ishiguro N, Iwata H, Kanamono T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate estrogen receptor (ER) microsatellite allele frequencies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and possible associations of ER microsatellites with osteoporosis and disease progression. METHODS: We typed 144 Japanese females with RA and 200 healthy postmenopausal Japanese controls for ER microsatellites by polymerase chain reaction methods using fluorescent labeled primer and...
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