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PTPN22 620W allele is not associated with aplastic anemia.
American journal of hematology - 1 Apr 2007
Graf Solomon A, Calado Rodrigo T, Young Neal S
Abstract excerpt
The 1858C/T variant in PTPN22 imparts a gain of function mutation dysregulating T-cell stimulation and is associated with an array of autoimmune diseases. Using a case-control design, we compared the frequency of this polymorphism in 91 patients with acquired aplastic anemia to 132 ethnically matched controls. Representation of the PTPN22 variant was not significantly different between the two populations,...
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