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Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms within cytokine genes with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Czech population.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 2004
Cinek Ondrej, Vavrincová Pavla, Striz Ilja, Drevínek Pavel, Sedláková Pavlína, Vavrinec Jan, Slavcev Antonij
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the possible association of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with polymorphisms within cytokine genes in the Czech population. METHODS: In a case-control study, genotypes of 130 patients with JIA (63 male, 67 female; age at onset 7.6 +/- 4.4 yrs; 43 oligoarticular, 72 polyarticular, 15 systemic form) were compared to 102 healthy unrelated blood donors. Using the polymerase chain reaction...
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