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Familial seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in North American Native families: effects of shared epitope and cytokine genotypes.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 2005
Oen Kiem, Robinson David B, Nickerson Peter, Katz Steven J, Cheang Mary, Peschken Christine A, Canvin Janice M G, Hitchon Carol A, Schroeder Marial-Louise, El-Gabalawy Hani S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A number of North American native (NAN) populations have high prevalence rates of both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the shared epitope (SE). We examined the phenotype and familial incidence of RA in a NAN population, and investigated how the SE and cytokine genes may affect disease ri...
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