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Detailed analysis of the variability of peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 in German patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a case-control study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2006
Hoppe Berthold, Häupl Thomas, Gruber Rudolf, Kiesewetter Holger, Burmester Gerd R, Salama Abdulgabar, Dörner Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Peptidylarginine deiminase type 4 (PADI4) genotypes were shown to influence susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Japanese population. Such an association could not previously be confirmed in different European populations. In the present study, we analysed exons 2-4 of PADI4 in 102 German RA patients and 102 healthy individuals to study the influence of PADI4 variability on RA susceptibility by...
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