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Association of CTLA-4 with systemic sclerosis in Japanese patients.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Takeuchi F, Kawasugi K, Nabeta H, Mori M, Tanimoto K
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OBJECTIVE: The contribution of CTLA-4 alleles to the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) was studied in Japanese patients. METHODS: CTLA-4 typing in 2 dimorphic sites, +49 A/G and -308 C/T, was carried out in 62 SSc patients and 107 normal subjects by the PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) method. HLA-DRB1*15 and *08 genotyping were carried out by the PCR-SSCP (simple-stranded DNA...
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