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Sex influences on the penetrance of IL-1beta and IL-1RN genotypes for rheumatoid arthritis in the Chinese population.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Jan 2000
You C G, Yin Y S, Xie X D, Ju J, Wang Z P, Chen Y R
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphism (variable number of tandem repeats) in the second intron of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene and two single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions -511 and +3954 of the IL-1beta gene may be associated with an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study used sex stratification to investigate a correlation of the three genetic polymorphisms with the risk of RA, on patients...
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