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A genome scan using a novel genetic cross identifies new susceptibility loci and traits in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2000
Otto J M, Chandrasekeran R, Vermes C, Mikecz K, Finnegan A, Rickert S E, Enders J T, Glant T T
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Proteoglycan-induced arthritis (PGIA) is a murine model for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) both in terms of its pathology and its genetics. PGIA can only be induced in susceptible mouse strains and their F(2) progeny. Using the F(2) hybrids resulting from an F(1) intercross of a newly identified susce...
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