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Smoking and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Association with polymorphism at the glutathione S‐transferase M1 locus
1 Mar 2002
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the relationship between smoking and disease severity in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with polymorphism at the glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1 locus. METHODS: Genotyping for GSTM1 was carried out using polymerase chain reaction methodology on 164 women with established RA. Smoking history was obtained on each patient. Radiographic damage was measured by the...
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