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Understanding the genetic contribution to rheumatoid arthritis.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 May 2005
van der Helm-van Mil Annette H M, Wesoly Joanna Z, Huizinga Tom W J
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The identification of the genetic variants that mediate the risk for susceptibility and severity of rheumatoid arthritis will allow the development of new drug targets and also increase the ability to predict disease course. Technical and methodologic progress has fueled the advances in this field. RECENT FINDINGS: The second risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, the PTPN22 polymorphism, has...
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