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Homozygosity for DNASE2 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the 5'-regulatory region is associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Sept 2009
Rossol M, Pierer M, Arnold S, Keysser G, Burkhardt H, Baerwald C, Wagner U
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5'-regulatory region of the DNASE2 gene, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls. METHODS: A total of 906 patients with RA and 878 healthy controls were genotyped. All subjects were of German Caucasian origin. Genotyping was performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction technology, using a TaqMan...
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