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Tumour necrosis factor receptor II polymorphism and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2002
Zeggini E, Thomson W, Alansari A, Ollier W, Donn R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a complex polygenic disorder. The encouraging outcome of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment, as well as serological studies, has implicated TNF and its receptors (TNFRI and TNFRII, or TNFRSF1B) in the pathogenesis of JIA. The purpose of this study was to investigate the exon 6 TNFRII single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a well-defined UK cohort of JIA...
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