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Recent progress in rheumatoid arthritis genetics: one step towards improved patient care.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 May 2009
Plenge Robert M
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent human genetic discoveries have increased our understanding of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility. These discoveries are reviewed and placed in the context of potential important clinical applications. RECENT FINDINGS: Genome-wide association studies and related methodologies have expanded the number of validated RA risk loci beyond HLA-DRB1 'shared epitope' alleles to include...
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