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Corticotropin-releasing hormone promoter polymorphisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis from northwest Spain.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 2003
Gonzalez-Gay Miguel A, Hajeer Ali H, Garcia-Porrua Carlos, Dababneh Adele, Amoli Mahsa M, Botana Manuel A, Thomson Wendy, Llorca Javier, Ollier William E R
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible implications of polymorphism in the CRH promoter in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility, we examined a series of patients with RA from a defined area of Northwest Spain. METHODS: A total of 177 patients with RA and 147 ethnically matched controls from the Lugo region of Northwest Spain were studied. Patients and controls were genotyped for CRH polymorphisms in the 5'...
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