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MICA rather than MICB, TNFA, or HLA-DRB1 is associated with susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 2002
González Segundo, Martínez-Borra Jesús, López-Vázquez Antonio, García-Fernández Sonia, Torre-Alonso Juan Carlos, López-Larrea Carlos
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the genetic contribution of HLA in development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and to study whether MICA is primarily associated with PsA or whether its association is secondary to linkage disequilibrium with centromeric genes, such as MICB, TNFA, or HLA-DRB1. METHODS: DNA samples from 81 Spanish patients with PsA and 110 healthy controls were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
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