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Association of MICA alleles with psoriatic arthritis and its clinical forms. A multicenter Italian study.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Mameli A, Cauli A, Taccari E, Scarpa R, Punzi L, Lapadula G, Peluso R, Ramonda R, Spadaro A, Iannone F, Fanni V, Vacca A, Passiu G, Fiorillo M T, Carcassi C, Sorrentino R, Mathieu A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Analysis of the association between psoriatic arthritis (PsA) clinical forms and MICA gene transmembrane polymorphisms. METHODS: Patients were classified as having peripheral asymmetric oligoarthritis (AO), peripheral symmetric poly-arthritis (PA) and spondylitis (SP), or disease combinations (PA/SP, OA/SP). Two hundred and twenty-six patients with PsA were typed for MICA exon 5 microsatellite (TM) by...
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