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Psoriasis vulgaris and psoriatic arthritis share a 100 kb susceptibility region telomeric to HLA-C.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2003
Martínez-Borra J, González S, Santos-Juanes J, Sánchez del Rio J, Torre-Alonso J C, López-Vazquez A, Blanco-Geláz M A, López-Larrea C
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OBJECTIVE: To map the locus for susceptibility to psoriasis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. METHODS: Seventy-four patients with psoriatic arthritis and 95 patients with psoriasis vulgaris were included in this study. Polymorphic genes and microsatellite markers centromeric (C1_2_5) and telomeric (C1_4_4, OTF3, HCR and the corneodesmosin gene) to HLA-C were studied in an association analysis. Typing was also...
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