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Two-stage case-control association study of polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes with schizophrenia.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2009
Watanabe Yuichiro, Nunokawa Ayako, Kaneko Naoshi, Muratake Tatsuyuki, Arinami Tadao, Ujike Hiroshi, Inada Toshiya, Iwata Nakao, Kunugi Hiroshi, Itokawa Masanari, Otowa Takeshi, Ozaki Norio, Someya Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
There is strong evidence for a negative association between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the mechanism for this association is unknown. We hypothesize that these two diseases share susceptibility genes. Recently, extensive studies have identified some RA susceptibility genes, including NFKBIL1, SLC22A4, RUNX1, FCRL3 and PADI4, in the Japanese population. To assess whether polymorphisms in...
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