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Replication of association of IL1 gene complex members with ankylosing spondylitis in Taiwanese Chinese.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Aug 2006
Chou C-T, Timms A E, Wei J C C, Tsai W C, Wordsworth B P, Brown M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the association of interleukin 1 (IL1) gene family members with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), previously reported in Europid subjects, in an ethnically remote population. METHODS: 200 Taiwanese Chinese AS patients and 200 ethnically matched healthy controls were genotyped for five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the IL1RN.VNTR, markers previously associated with AS. Allele, genotype,...
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