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Single nucleotide polymorphism of COL6A1 in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 2008
Kim Tae-Hwan, Kim Tae-Jong, Lee Hye-Soon, Uhm Wan-Sik, Shin Eun-Soon, Na Young-In, Jun Jae-Bum
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the genetic association between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of collagen 6A1 gene (COL6A1), the candidate gene for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. METHODS: One-hundred thirty Korean patients with AS (M: 116, F: 14, age: 29.0 +/- 4.6) and 130 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were recruited. The SNP of G365G, IVS15+39 C/T,...
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