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Study of functional variants of the BANK1 gene in rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Feb 2009
Orozco Gisela, Abelson Anna-Karin, González-Gay Miguel A, Balsa Alejandro, Pascual-Salcedo Dora, García Antonio, Fernández-Gutierrez Benjamín, Petersson Ingemar, Pons-Estel Bernardo, Eimon Alicia, Paira Sergio, Scherbarth Hugo R, Alarcón-Riquelme Marta, Martín Javier
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate 1 functional (rs17266594) and 2 potentially functional (rs10516487 and rs3733197) BANK1 variants, which were previously identified as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility markers, to test whether they are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Four different cohorts were included in the study: 1,080 RA patients and 1,368 healthy controls from Spain, 278 RA...
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