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Association between PADI4 and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2006
Iwamoto T, Ikari K, Nakamura T, Kuwahara M, Toyama Y, Tomatsu T, Momohara S, Kamatani N
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OBJECTIVE: Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 gene (PADI4) have been reported to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Japanese population. However, subsequent replication studies showed conflicting results. The aim of this study was to determine whether meta-analysis would prove the existence of the association. METHODS: PubMed was searched using the term 'PADI4'...
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