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Association of the PTPN22 R620W polymorphism with anti-topoisomerase I- and anticentromere antibody-positive systemic sclerosis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 2006
Gourh Pravitt, Tan Filemon K, Assassi Shervin, Ahn Chul W, McNearney Terry A, Fischbach Michael, Arnett Frank C, Mayes Maureen D
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OBJECTIVE: To determine any associations of the PTPN22 R620W single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with systemic sclerosis (SSc) or with anticentromere antibody (ACA)-positive or anti-topoisomerase I (anti-topo I) antibody-positive SSc, in a case-control study of US white, black, Hispanic, and Choctaw Indian individuals. METHODS: A total of 850 white, 130 black, 120 Hispanic, and 20 Choctaw Indian patients with...
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