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Association of BANK1 and TNFSF4 with systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jul 2009
Chang Y K, Yang W, Zhao M, Mok C C, Chan T M, Wong R W S, Lee K W, Mok M Y, Wong S N, Ng I O L, Lee T L, Ho M H K, Lee P P W, Wong W H S, Lau C S, Sham P C, Lau Y L
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. Recently, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BANK1 and TNFSF4 have been shown to be associated with SLE in Caucasian populations, but it is not known whether they are also involved in the disease in other ethnic groups. Recent data from our genome-wide association study (GWAS) for 314 SLE cases and 920...
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