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Identification of novel genetic susceptibility loci for Behçet's disease using a genome-wide association study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2009
Fei Yiping, Webb Ryan, Cobb Beth L, Direskeneli Haner, Saruhan-Direskeneli Güher, Sawalha Amr H
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INTRODUCTION: Behçet's disease is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that remains incompletely understood. Herein, we perform the first genome-wide association study in Behçet's disease. METHODS: Using DNA pooling technology and the Affymetrix 500K arrays, we identified possible candidate gene associations with Behçet's disease in a cohort of 152 Behçet's disease patients and 172 healthy ethnically matched...
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