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Lack of association of ankylosing spondylitis with the most common NOD2 susceptibility alleles to Crohn's disease.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2003
Ferreirós-Vidal Isabel, Amarelo Juan, Barros Francisco, Carracedo Angel, Gómez-Reino Juan J, Gonzalez Antonio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the 3 most common mutations in the NOD2 gene that confer susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD) are also associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: DNA from 112 patients with AS and 168 controls of homogenous Spanish ancestry were studied. The frequenc...
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