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No association of PTPN22 gene polymorphism with rheumatoid arthritis in Turkey.
Rheumatology international - 1 Nov 2009
Sahin N, Gunduz F, Inanc N, Direskeneli Haner, Saruhan-Direskeneli G
Abstract excerpt
Although the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with HLA-DRB1 (shared epitope) is well demonstrated in many ethnic populations, the role of other RA-associated risk loci is not clarified. In this study, the functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of PTPN22 gene was investigated in Turkey. 167 patients with RA and 177 healthy controls are genotyped by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-RFLP for the SNP...
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