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Role of an intronic polymorphism in the PDCD1 gene with the risk of sporadic systemic lupus erythematosus and the occurrence of antiphospholipid antibodies.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 2004
Sanghera Dharambir K, Manzi Susan, Bontempo Franklin, Nestlerode Cara, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a polymorphism in intron 4 (G/A) of the programmed cell death 1 ( PDCD1) gene was shown to be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) risk in familial and sporadic patients of European, European American, and Mexican origin. In this investigation, we examined the role of this polymorphism in 311 SLE patients (276 European Americans and 35 African Americans) and 390 age-matched healthy...
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