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Structural polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin gene are associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Apr 2009
Gergely Péter, Pazár Borbála, Nagy Zsolt B, Gombos Tímea, Rajczy Katalin, Balogh Zsolt, Orbán Ilona, Sevcic Krisztina, Poór Gyula
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible association between polymorphisms of the mannose-binding lectin gene (MBL2) and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: We performed a case-control association study including 118 Hungarian patients with JIA and 118 sex-matched healthy controls. MBL genotyping for the 3 mutant structural alleles at codons 54 (B), 57 (C), and 52 (D) in exon 1 and the...
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