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Polymorphism in the 5' regulatory region of the B-lymphocyte activating factor gene is associated with the Ro/La autoantibody response and serum BAFF levels in primary Sjogren's syndrome.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2008
Nossent J C, Lester S, Zahra D, Mackay C R, Rischmueller M
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between haplotypes in the 5' regulatory region of the B-lymphocyte activating factor (BAFF) gene, disease susceptibility and serum BAFF (s-BAFF) levels in Caucasian primary SS (pSS) patients. METHODS: Case-control study in an established pSS cohort with PCR-RFLP genotyping for four SNPs (-2841 T-->C, -2704 T-->C, -2701 T-->A, -871 C-->T), which tag a haplotype block in...
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