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Association of fibrillin 1 single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotypes with systemic sclerosis in Choctaw and Japanese populations.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2001
Tan F K, Wang N, Kuwana M, Chakraborty R, Bona C A, Milewicz D M, Arnett F C
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OBJECTIVE: Previously, we demonstrated with the use of microsatellite markers that a 2-cM haplotype on chromosome 15q containing the fibrillin 1 gene (FBN1) was strongly associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the Choctaw, a population with high SSc prevalence. In this study, all 69 known FBN...
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