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Association of CYP17 gene polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese patients in central Taiwan.
Rheumatology international - 1 Oct 2005
Lo Sui-Foon, Huang Chung-Ming, Lin Hsiu-Chen, Tsai Chang-Hai, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
We investigated whether there is an association between polymorphism of the CYP17 gene and rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese patients in central Taiwan. Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of 146 female and 47 male RA patients, as well as from 42 female and 59 male control subjects; restriction fragment length polymorphism (defined as the A1 and A2 alleles) was then determined. Clinical variables...
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