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The TNFRSF1A R92Q mutation is frequent in rheumatoid arthritis but shows no evidence for association or linkage with the disease.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Aug 2007
Dieudé Philippe, Goossens Michel, Cornélis François, Michou Laëtitia, Bardin Thomas, Tchernitchko Dimitri Olegovitch
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: TNFRSF1A mutations cause TNFRSF1A-associated periodic syndrome (MIM#142680). A recent study suggested that the R92Q mutation was associated with polyarthritis. We aimed to search for this and other TNFRSF1A mutations in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to test for linkage. METHODS: The DNA of 100 trio families and 86 index cases of RA-affected sib-pair (ASP) families from the French Caucasian population...
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